The correct answer is:
With 8 mm of movement, the child is going need spinal surgery if she has an unknown bone dysplasia or connective tissue disorder. She should have her cervical spine stabilized with a fusion. At the very least a flexion extension MRI should be ordered to define the possibility that the spinal cord is being compressed.
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