by Kerry | Nov 1, 2024 | cerebral palsy, SDR
When my mom and I were packing for my spinal cord surgery in St. Louis, I remember asking her what she was nervous about. One of her worries, she said, was that we were flying a thousand miles across the country to a state where we had never been—to a state where we...
by Kerry | Sep 12, 2024 | cerebral palsy, SDR
I was a thousand miles from home, in St. Louis, Missouri. As my mom and I entered our hotel’s lobby, a young man in a staff uniform rushed forward to hold the door. His eyes lingered on the stiffness in my legs as I passed through. “Are you here in St....