I’m Recovering From Surgery And Rebuilding My Next Step

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Tomorrow the cast comes off, and that one moment has me thinking about everything at once: healing, mobility, patience, and what it means to live with cerebral palsy while your body forces you to slow down. I’m home after a hip replacement and hamstring lengthening, following a month in the hospital, and I’m walking you through the real in-between stage where you’re not fully “back,” but you’re finally moving toward what’s next.

We get into the practical side of post-surgery recovery: the knee immobilizer, the bandaging questions, the...