Every Road Has A Bend
The True Story About A Child's Bravery
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We have just had some terrible news. The surgeon has just spoken to us and said “I am sorry, but the last operation has not worked. We have tried stretching him but it is not doing anything, all that’s being stretched is his neck.” My wife is sitting at the table, crying. I put my arms around her and hold her tight. Our son is playing with some toys and cannot see that we are upset. We cannot believe it, when is this nightmare going to end! Just then the surgeon gives us some more bad news, he says, “because your son has a bad curvature, I will have to operate again, but this time I will have to remove a full vertebrae and try to loosen his spine” we are both shocked! And I can feel my wife trembling as I am holding her. The surgeon carries on and says, “This time it will be very risky because I will not be able to see what I am doing. I will be working blind on some parts, and this must be done by feel alone”…Our nightmare has just got worse. We couldn’t give him an answer; we were too shocked and stunned by his suggestion. The surgeon says “sorry,” as he slowly walks away. Our son is coming over to us; we quickly dry our tears and talk to him, but he is a bright boy and he knows that there is something wrong.
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About the Book
This is the true and emotional story about a son's bravery as seen from his parents eyes.
Our son was diagnosed with scoliosis (curved spine) from an early age. This is the journey we all took over the last six years. The pain we all went through, especially our son, in having to cope with over ten major spinal operations.
Being one of the strangest cases the surgeon has came across, in all his twenty years of performing corrective surgery.
About the Author
I am one of seven children. Our mother brought us all up by herself. It was a struggle for her but she did her best and we had a happy childhood. We are very proud of our mother and love her dearly.
I left home at 16 and worked at various jobs. I met my wife when I was 20, and we started a family together. Our first daughter started having seizures when she was young,but luckily she grew out of them. We have been together 22 years now, and have five children together. One of our sons was born three months early and has cerebral palsy, but he's doing well now and has started college. One of our other sons has had a terrible time over the last six years, and this story is about the operations he's had to go through. This is our true story telling the day to day account of what we all went through, especially our ten year old son, who we love so much, as we do all our children. This is my first time at writing any sort of story, but we think it is such an emotional story, that it should be told, and it is all true.