WATCH: 3-y-o with Erb’s palsy departs the island for surgery

According to Jamaica Observer (General News), KINGSTON, Jamaica—Three-year-old Ayana Wilson and her parents Rosalee Eccles Wilson and Aeon Wilson, departed the island on Tuesday for Philadelphia, United States, where the toddler will undergo a life-changing surgery. The family along with Stephen and Luke Josephs, co-founders of the Crisis Support Charity and the Burn Foundation of Jamaica, departed the Norman Manley International Airport. Ayana was born with Erb’s palsy, a condition involving nerve damage affecting the shoulder and arm. Her injury occurred during delivery following shoulder dystocia. “We’re leaving the island off to Philadelphia and to get the family settled in. We’re going to have some appointments and then come next week, she’ll be doing the long-awaited surgery,” Stephen said. Ayana will meet with doctors in the US before her long- awaited surgery on November 9. “It was pretty challenging to raise funds for this