In three-weeks eight-year-old Caleb Scarlett will have the plaster removed from his legs after surgery at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) to break his thigh bones and rotate his legs.

Caleb has cerebral palsy and has always walked with both knees and feet bent inwards. It took four surgeons three hours to rotate Caleb’s twisted femurs and fix them with metal plates, and also release tendons in his calves to stop Caleb walking on his toes.

With Caleb preparing to return to school after Easter, his mum Cathy Scarlett said this would mean the start of a new life for her son.

“I hope this is the turning point for him where he can become more independent,” she said.