“We’re so grateful to everyone who made it possible”

Skye’s mum, Ruth

Chris and Colin Weir dipped into their £161million jackpot to pay for the four-year-old to have revolutionary spinal surgery.

Skye had a four-hour op and has taken her first tentative steps walking with sticks. But mum Ruth, 39, of Cheltenham, Glos, hopes she will soon walk unaided and live a normal life.

Skye has spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, which has largely confined her to a wheelchair.