{"id":3636,"date":"2024-07-24T07:33:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercyships.onpressidium.com\/?post_type=patient&p=3636"},"modified":"2024-09-18T16:30:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T23:30:17","slug":"bowed-legs-two-hours-of-surgery-a-lifetime-of-transformation","status":"publish","type":"patient","link":"https:\/\/mercyships.ca\/en\/patient\/bowed-legs-two-hours-of-surgery-a-lifetime-of-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowed Legs: Two Hours of Surgery, A Lifetime of Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\"\"\r\n\r\n

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“You are strong,” 5-year-old Malang’s dad, Sadio, would gently murmur to him during days of rigorous rehabilitation aboard the\u00a0Global Mercy<\/em>\u00ae. These words of unwavering support became a daily ritual lifting Malang up as he healed from orthopedic surgery.<\/p>\r\n

For Malang, this surgery was years in the making. He was 2 years old when his legs first started curving outward. “At that time, I didn’t know how bad it could become,” said Sadio. He took Malang to several hospitals, but after many consultations, they still had no answers on what caused Malang’s condition – or how to resolve it.<\/p>\r\n\t