Alisa
Posted on June 24, 2011 by kim
Indiana resident Alisa is 12 years old and suffers from cerebral palsy. It mainly affects her legs and makes it very hard for her to walk without assistance from a walker or wheelchair. When leaving the house she wears braces on her legs to help her walk.
Alisa and her family are very hopeful that medical research will help find a cure for cerebral palsy and that she will one day be able to walk. Next week she will have surgery which the family hopes will help. After the surgery Alisa will again be confined to a wheelchair with full leg casts until she heals. She will be in a wheelchair for at least a year.
Her mother expressed how thankful she was for the ramp and new deck that People Working Cooperatively has built for them. She said it was difficult to get Alisa up and down the old deck steps in a wheelchair. Alisa has also fallen many times while using a walker.
“You don’t realize how hard it is to get in and out of your house until you can’t walk,” her mom said.
Thanks to PWC and the new ramp, Alisa and her family are happy that she now can safely get in and out of her own home.
“It helps her feel more normal,” her mom said.
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