A devoted mum has launched a campaign to raise £25,000 towards life changing treatment for her little girl, who was born with cerebral palsy.

Four-year-old Margo Belle Sunter lives with daily epilepsy seizures, cerebral palsy affecting all her limbs, unsafe swallow, and blindness. She cannot hold her head up, sit, walk, talk, eat, or drink on her own. Margo also has dystonia, a neurological movement disorder, and is peg fed.

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But treatment available at a private hospital in Thailand could dramatically improve Margo’s life, and her mum Becky is determined to make it become a reality.

Margo Belle Sunter suffers from cerebral palsy and her mum, Becky Bell, has launched a campaign to fund life changing treatment for her at a hospital in Thailand.

Becky said: “I heard about the hospital through the mum of a little boy at Margo’s nursery who’s had it. He was just the same as Margo but now he can sit up unaided and is able to eat small amounts of food when fed. Seeing this dramatic improvement really gives us hope that this can happen for Margo.”

The stem cell therapy is available at the Being Better Hospital in Bangkok. Doctors focus on functional medicine, treating chronic and complex diseases through personalized, holistic, and regenerative approaches. Margo’s treatment plan would include stem cell injections followed by a month of intensive physiotherapy sessions.

If successful, the treatment would see an increase in brain and nerve function, muscle control and movement, reduced seizure frequency and better swallowing safety. Becky added: “The treatment is not a cure but it would vastly improve Margo’s quality of life and give her the best chance of progress, she deserves that.”

Margo was born at full term. She was ventilated and put on a cooling mat after losing oxygen for 18 minutes but the damage was already done. She suffered full brain damage. She also had a cardiac arrest whilst in NICU when she was only five days old.

Becky with her partner Michael and their daughter Margo. So far the campaign to raise £25,000 towards treatment in Thailand that would be life changing for Margo has raised just under £5,000

Becky, who was in the army for eight years serving in the UK and overseas including Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, Germany and Jordan, described her daughter as being ‘full of spirit’ adding: “She laughs when she’s loved, she beams at familiar voices, and she shows us courage every single day.

“And she loves music, especially The Spice Girls.”

Margo attends The Rainbow Hub Nursery in Chorley three days a week. Becky and her partner, Michael Sunter, made the decision to move to Chorley from their native Burnley to cut down on the travel time for Margo as she can become very distressed.

Former software engineer Becky, gave up her job to look after Margo full time and she admits the journey has been a challenge.

Margo's mum describes her little girl as being 'full of spirit' and she loves music, especially The Spice Girls

She added: “Margo needs 24 hour care and I feel like I’ve had to fight fo everything, but I now have a team of carers to assist with looking after her throughout the night.”

A pupil at the former St Hilda’s RC High School Becky has thanked everyone who has supported the fund raising.

A justgiving page has raised just under £5,000 and last weekend the generous people of Burnley donated £381 in just two hours after a bucket collection in the town centre. Becky is planning a sponsored walk from Chorley to Burnley and she will be back in her hometown on Saturday, May 9, for another fund raising day at The Royal Dyche. To make a donation to the campaign please click HERE.