As her family waits impatiently to be placed in a new house, 10-year-old Kelsi Garrity must be carried up fifteen concrete stairs to her little flat.
While the family waits to be placed in a new house, a Galston mother is left to carry her crippled daughter up a flight of stairs every day.
Ten-year-old Kelsi Garrity, her mother Lisa Garrity, stepfather David Waddell, and her three siblings in a two-bedroom upstairs flat on Catherine Drive.
The family has been on East Ayrshire Council’s priority list since Lisa moved in with her partner in 2021 since the property doesn’t suit Kelsi’s physical demands.
It has been determined that Kelsi has cerebral palsy and a global developmental delay. In addition, she suffers from epilepsy, chronic lung illness, right hip dislocation, long-sided neurogenic scoliosis, and vision impairment.
In the past, Kelsi’s mother expressed her concern that her daughter might not survive if surgery is not performed quickly.
She also receives all of her meds and food through a gastronomy peg. She uses a wheelchair and is nonverbal. To get her from the bed to the wheelchair, a hoist is needed.
Kelsi, the young Galston girl, will not be permitted to be raised following her spinal surgery, which she is presently awaiting.
“The spinal operation Kelsi requires is called a spinal fusion to correct the curve,” Lisa, 36, said to Ayrshire Live. With the use of metal rods, the spine is straightened during this significant procedure.
“Right now, we have to leave the wheelchair outside and hoist Kelsi up fifteen concrete steps just to enter the house,” Lisa went on. Because of her scoliosis and the pressure it puts on her organs, we believe we must be causing her some discomfort when we lift her, but Kelsi is unable to express this to us vocally. After that, we have to push an extremely heavy wheelchair up the steps.
