BRAVE Tyler Ogden is to have an operation on his spine which poses a risk he will be left paralysed.
Tyler, 13, of Bruce Avenue, Worsbrough Common, wants to do a sponsored walk to raise money for Sheffield Children’s Hospital to say thank you - but he says he is doing it before the operation ‘just in case’ he is paralysed after it.
He has scoliosis - curvature of the spine - and for the last four years he has had to wear a back brace under his clothes which tries to correct it. But the condition has worsened and now surgery is the only option.
“If I don’t have it, it could start to case damage to my heart and lungs. It will just crush my internal organs basically,†said Tyler.
He has to wear the brace 20 hours a day, and although he can do most things his friends can do, it has stopped him playing contact sports like rugby, and he has missed out on a few school trips.
