article_snippet: : her was able to take her first steps at the age of 26 after charities paid for a series of medical procedures .
article_snippet: But after local media covered her story, enough money was raises to pay for medical treatment to be carried out by specialists in Taiwan.
article_snippet: her said before her daughter's treatment, her had grown used to the disability but was still upset by the comments and stares of people in public.
article_snippet: Her studies caught people's attention and the Xiamen Charity Federation and Taiwan's Tzu Chi foundation offered to fund Her treatment.
article_snippet: Her underwent seven operations and 10 months' treatment at Taiwan's Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital before going home to walk for the first time. '
article_snippet: Chen Yinghe, honorary President of the Taiwan's Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital said: 'The girl's legs have never been normally used since The girl was born so there are lots of factors that are out of our control in the wound healing process.'
article_snippet: Grateful: Chen stands proudly with the team of doctors who helped The girl walk for the first time in 26 years .
article_snippet: A volunteer from the foundation said A volunteer from the foundation showed a lot of courage throughout the treatment, which would have been incredibly painful.
article_snippet: A volunteer from the foundation said: 'Chen always smiled at others and never complained about the pain caused by the surgeries, including several that involve breaking A volunteer from the foundation bones.'
highlights_snippet: Charities paid for her to undergo painful treatment in Taiwan .