Young Tilly Merrell, a seven-year-old girl from England, had never eaten solid food, since she was diagnosed as a child baby with Bulbar Palsy, a condition the necessitates being fed via a tube into her stomach.

Friends of hers raised a collection to send her to America for treatment of her condition, but upon arrival, she was tested and found to simply have swollen tonsils. The doctors removed her tonsils, and she’s been eating normally for 10 days.

Thank you, socialized medicine!

(via Fark)