Boy with deformed legs undergoes life-changing surgery at Tebow CURE Hospital
By Alexandria Hein
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/0...-hospital.html
(Pics at link)
An 11-year-old boy in the Philippines is recovering from a life-changing corrective surgery on his legs that was made possible by the
Tim Tebow Foundation and CURE International. Aldrin, whose last name was not disclosed, was born with a severe leg deformity that left him in unbearable pain from simply standing, and prevented him from walking long distances, Fox 35 Orlando reported.
According to the
CURE International blog, Aldrin's condition was identified as congenital knee dislocation, which caused his knees to bed the wrong way...
..."Essentially, Aldrin's knee bends the wrong way like a flamingo," Dr. Tim Mead, medical director of CURE and one of Aldrin's lead surgeons, wrote on his blog. "Look at his picture and be amazed he could even get around at all."...
...Mead wrote that with strenuous physical therapy, Aldrin should be able to walk normally and stand tall. In the foundation's video, Aldrin was seen working with therapists in braces and taking steps with the help of a walker.
"Every day, lives are being changed at the
Tebow CURE Hospital and I'm so thankful for that," Tim Tebow said in a video about Aldrin.