My Special Boy Is Learning to Live with Cerebral Palsy ; Born with Water On the Brain and Suffering a Stroke at Just Six Months Old Meant William Spencer Had a Tough Start to Life. Now the Vibrant Eight-Year-Old Is Beating the Odds As He Learns to Live with Cerebral Palsy. Liz Rowley Talks to Mum Helen About Her Very Special Boy

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › April 21, 2010

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WHEN Helen Spencer gave birth to her second son she had no idea of the complications that would follow.

William was born on June 13, 2001, and while everything seemed perfect on the outside, inside he was suffering from hydrocephalus, a condition more commonly known as water on the brain.

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My Special Boy Is Learning to Live with Cerebral Palsy ; Born with Water On the Brain and Suffering a Stroke at Just Six Months Old Meant William Spencer Had a Tough Start to Life. Now the Vibrant Eight-Year-Old Is Beating the Odds As He Learns to Live with Cerebral Palsy. Liz Rowley Talks to Mum Helen About Her Very Special Boy

"William was born early because I'm a type one diabetic, but as far as we knew there were no problems and everything was fine," recalls Helen, aged 40.

"At six months we noticed that every time we moved him he cried, but we didn't know what was wrong with him. We took him for a routine check-up and ...

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