With surgery only days away, thirteen-year-old Toni Wahlers waits for Dr. Brett Shannon to explain how spinal fusion surgery will correct her curvature of the spine. As Toni braved surgery to treat her scoliosis, 28 Naples residents prepared for the challenge of summiting Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. The trek's goal was to raise money for the Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida. The same hospital where Toni faced an even bigger challenge of having a disease requiring major surgery at an innocent age.

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