A New Brunswick girl who lost parts of all four limbs after strep throat is now strong enough to leave a Halifax hospital.
Alyssa Sippley, 10, is moving on Monday to a rehabilitation facility in Fredericton, about 230 kilometres from her home in Baie-Sainte-Anne, N.B.
The girl spent five months at IWK Health Centre in Nova Scotia after a rare reaction to a streptococcal infection, which doctors said few people survive.
Yves Sippley, Alyssa鈥檚 father, says she鈥檚 counting the days until she can get to Fredericton so that she can spend some weekends at home.
鈥淚 know she misses her cats and her dog a lot,鈥� .
As Alyssa heads closer to home, the community is still raising money for her recovery.
Nearly $120,000 has been collected on the website and tens of thousands more has been raised at events, including a recent benefit concert in Moncton, N.B.
Yves says he鈥檚 thankful for the support.
鈥淒efinitely there will have to be a lot of changes made to our home with ramps and those kinds of things to make everything wheelchair accessible.鈥�
Yves says his daughter is in good spirits. 鈥淚t's amazing the way she's handled everything,鈥� he says.
鈥淲e explained to her that she'll be getting prosthetics and she looks forward to it,鈥� he adds. 鈥淪he's not letting her get it down at all.鈥�
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