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WORLD FIRST DOCS PRINTED ME A NEW BODY!

Caitlin Rutherford, 22, Brisbane, Qld

Soaring through the air on the swing, I felt like I could reach the sky.

‘Higher!’ I begged my parents, Minette and Michael.

Aged five, I loved nothing more than running amok at the local playground.

But, unlike most kids my age, I was limited to what equipment I could play on.

Born with a condition called pectus excavatum – also known as funnel chest – my breastbone was sunken into my chest.

I’d also been diagnosed with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome

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