Sean's Injury Case Study

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Sean's surgeries Surgery the treatment of injuries or disorders of the body by incision or manipulation especially with instruments. Sean has had many problems with his right leg. The first problem that he had happened while he was being born. His right leg got caught inside of his mother's rib cage so they had to try and get it out. Once they had freed his foot and he was born, he had bruises from head to toe so he had to be taken to extensive care for a month. The next major problem occurred when he was only 2 years old. The doctors found a tumor growing from the side of his foot up his leg. They found out that this was affecting his ability to stand and therefore he could not walk so he could actually talk in fluent sentences before he

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