Cerebral Palsy and Surgery!

Hi! Bandit here.

Well, with the recent developments in my life (as of the past 24 hours lol) I've decided to open a topic about something that I have and explain it a little bit.

I have something called Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy is something that happens when your brain doesn't get enough oxygen. It will start to kind of "block off" areas of your brain that it determines are not important in the grand scheme of things  (for example, the little area that controls speech or movement) in order to get enough oxygen to the parts of your brain that control vital organs and things like that. It can affect people in a lot of different ways.
A little about me:
I was born 2 months earlier than planned, and I weighed about 4lbs. I had trouble breathing and was in the NICU for awhile.
That is where I'm pretty sure that the CP part comes in. I couldn't breathe well, and my brain wasn't getting enough oxygen, etc.
Cerebral Palsy affects me personally in the part of my brain that controls my legs and their movement and muscles. I've had a few surgeries in my life to fix it and for the most part, they did to an extent. I can walk and do most things people can do, but my muscles are really tight and I'm not very flexible.

So, I went to the hospital for a yearly checkup yesterday and the doctors have determined that I need another surgery that is hopefully my last. Yay!
They're going to lengthen some of my leg muscles in both legs, put plates in my knees, and possibly lengthen a tendon that extends to my foot.
I'm going to have said surgery on October 30th.
I'm hoping all goes well!

Update 2/17/18
Wow it's been a while! Surgery went well, and I only ended up having one procedure done. Got my casts off 12/5/17 and now have leg braces. I'm doing physical therapy and things are going well!

Update 2/20/18
I killed my knee yesterday and had physical therapy, so I can't walk on it very well. Yay me lol

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
-Bandit

Last edited on 2018-02-20 at 09:46:18 by Bandit

Good luck with your surgery! ❤️

Get well soon Bandit!! Hopefully the therapy will get everything in good order.

Yes, I hope you get well soon ♥

Thanks guys!
I can't wait to start riding again. I can't even mount a horse as of right now

Aww, poor you. I

leg brace club!!! also, i can 110% relate to the riding - since i wrecked my leg yesterday, (as you know, lol bandit) im not supposed to be riding for another couple months, but i haVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO I CAN'T JUST NOT RIDE IT'S MY JOB

I'm glad your surgery went well Bandit. ;P

Me too Rainy!
@TG- my friend's aunt owns the place I ride at and she got a few new horses and it's killing me that I can't ride em yet! I'm waiting for the spring when my physical therapist and doctor say yes and when I can sign up for lessons xD

I

yeah, not too easy here XD everybody knows everybody in our town, and if one person sees me galloping around without my leg brace on EVERYBODY will know XD oh well, thats what hidden trek paths/ secret ways to secluded beaches are for, am i right?

TG you better not injure yourself again. You'd drive Denver crazy, if you know what I mean ;)

I'm glad that your surgery went well!

Thanks Raptor!
Me too lol

I hope you get well soon Bandit. I kind of know what its like. My sister has Cerebral palsy and cant even wal right now, so I honestly do hope you get well :)