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Jacobs First Steps

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Hi my name is Jacob,  When I was in my mummy’s tummy I wasn’t very well, and the doctors said to my mummy I would have to come early.  I was born early as I had a bleed on my brain.  My mummy and daddy didn’t know this until I began to grow.  



As I grew I wasn’t doing things that I should have done, my mummy and daddy became very worried.  They took me to see the doctor,  who sent me to see a special doctor who put me into a big machine to scan my brain.




 The scan showed that I had brain damage and that I was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy.  This damage is in the area of brain that effects the messages the brain sends to my muscles,  this causes me to have spasticity in my lower body which makes my legs very tight and sore.  

After my diagnosis I met some very nice people who tried to help me use my legs better.  I have to go in a machine that helps me stand everyday and this helps stretch my legs out.

As I grew I began to walk with walking frame but my muscles continued to become tighter.  My muscles have pulled my hips out now and I have had to have a major operation to re build both of my hips.




I will need lots of rehab to get me back to where I was before,  and prepare me for a big operation which will get rid of all the tightness in my legs. My mummy and daddy hope that with the tightness gone,  I will be able to build my muscles so I will be able to walk on my own for the first time.

And this is where you come in,  I need lots of therapy to recover from my hip operation and to prepare for the neurosurgery that is called SDR.  Sadly at the moment for some reason I don’t meet the NHS criteria so mummy and daddy may need to pay for this operation privately.




As much as I love the NHS and how it has looked after me, they just don’t have the money to provide the extensive therapy and equipment I need. 



Please join me on my journey to help me take my first unaided steps,  and if you are able please donate to support me in my great hope in walking on my own in the future.

Thanks for reading my story so far.


Jacob, Mummy & Daddy

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James Luke Cowley
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England

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