Doctor: Iraqi baby likely won't walk

ATLANTA (AP) -- An Iraqi infant brought to the United States for treatment of severe birth defects is "interactive and playful," with good mental function, but will likely wind up using a wheelchair, her doctor said Monday.
Dr. Roger Hudgins, a pediatric neurosurgeon who agreed to take the case, said in interviews on morning news shows that 3-month-old Baby Noor al-Zahra will probably have paralysis or weakness in her legs after surgery.
"It looks at this point as if she's probably not going to be able to walk," he told CBS' "The Early Show." "There's just not that much function in the lower extremities."
The child left Baghdad in a military transport plane Friday..