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17.06.2023 - 10:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Despite not yet reaching his 21st birthday, Kaden Gresty has already endured almost 200 surgeries in his short life.
Kaden was first operated on when he was just one-day-old and he’s been in and out of hospital ever since.
The 20-year-old was born with spina bifida, a spinal condition which means he is paralysed from the chest down. He also suffers from a range of other medical conditions that affect his heart, lungs and kidneys and he requires a ventilator constantly.
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More problems arose when Kaden, from Salford, was sent for a major spinal surgery in Bristol just before starting secondary school in 2014.
Sadly, there were complications from the operation and Kaden suffered two broken vertebras which led to a chronic pressure sore.
Over time, the sore eventually turned into osteomyelitis, a painful bone infection. Osteomyelitis usually goes away if treated early with antibiotics. If not, it can cause permanent damage – which is sadly the case for Kaden.
Kaden has been mostly bedbound ever since the ordeal which has impacted his daily life, his mum Linsey says.
But the family were hit by even more tragedy last month when they learned Kaden had type 2 respiratory failure, where carbon dioxide is not removed sufficiently from the body.
Sadly, alongside his other medical conditions, doctors believe there is nothing more they can do for Kaden and he is continuing to receive support from the palliative care team at Derian house.
“I was taken into a room by a consultant and told that I need to start doing a wish list because there’s nothing else they can do with his breathing,” Linsey, 46, told the Manchester Evening News.
“It was absolutely
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