LIFE IS A
rollercoaster:
CHALLENGES FROM ALL DIRECTIONS
JOANNA BRETT’S SON SEBBY HAS BEEN WITHOUT A DIAGNOSIS SINCE HIS PARENTS FIRST NOTICED HIS DIFFERENCES IN PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AS A BABY. HERE, SHE TALKS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES FACED BY HER FAMILY AND THE OPERATION THAT COULD MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE – BUT ISN’T AVAILABLE IN THE UK
W
hen Sebby was born, the life ahead of us was very different from what we had imagined. By 10 months old we had taken Sebby to the doctors as he had missed most of his physical
milestones and wasn’t even sitting yet. When he was around 18 months old, I asked the doctor, ‘Is it just that he is a bit delayed?’ This was followed with a deafening silence before the awkward reply of ‘no’. By
this stage I was pregnant with our daughter and there were concerns that whatever was preventing him moving properly was genetic and would affect her. Fortunately this hasn’t been the case.
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