ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Baby Noor, the 9-month-old Iraqi girl who was brought to the United States for lifesaving medical treatment after being discovered by U.S. soldiers in Baghdad, is back at home.

The baby was released by doctors in Atlanta, Georgia, and began her journey home on Monday, said Christina Porter of Childspring International, the charity that arranged the trip.

Noor arrived in Iraq on Wednesday on commercial and military flights.

She was discovered last year during a raid on her family's home by soldiers from the Georgia Army National Guard's 48th Brigade. She suffered from spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal vertebrae do not form completely around the spinal cord. She came to the United States in December and underwent multiple successful surgeries beginning in January at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

Her medical team saw no further reason to keep her.

She was transported back with a representative from Childspring, which "took a lot of care to plan this so it would be kept quiet," Porter said. Her father and grandmother, who had accompanied her to Atlanta, returned to Iraq in April, the Associated Press reported.

A team of specialists has been set up in Iraq to care for the child.

Baby Noor will most likely not regain the use of her legs and will have to use a wheelchair. But she is expected to be healthy otherwise.

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