A baby with cerebral palsy walks for the first time and his reaction moves

Four years and 10 months of life . That's what it took Maya Tisdale to take her first steps. This little girl from Michigan, USA, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy shortly after her first birthday. Only two months ago, she was operated on and is undergoing rehabilitation.

The little girl was born several months before the date and remained in an incubator for 87 days . Already at home, her mother, Ann Tisdale, noticed that her youngest daughter had stiffness in her legs and had not reached the normal milestones of a baby.

His observations were not false: 75% of his brain was compromised by spastic cerebral palsy . It's one of nine types of cerebral palsy and involves having permanently contracted muscles, so you can have stiffness and shortening of the muscles in your arms and legs.

Despite the need for orthopedic walking support, Maya was able to follow her two siblings and practice her balance even outside the physiotherapy she was practicing. However, at the end of March she underwent a selective dorsal rhizotomy in order to walk autonomously.

But this four-year-old girl continued to surprise everyone. While waiting for recovery is six months, just under seven weeks later, he is taking his first steps. "I'm walking! I'm walking! Yes! I can even take a big step" You hear him say in the video that his parents decided to share on social networks.

" We can not put into words how we feel Nothing seems right for this great moment, we are very proud of our powerful child," wrote their parents.

Social networks, you can find the progress of Maya every day.The girl continues with her physical therapy five times a day completed by home exercises.But it also poses small challenges that succeed successfully and with that willingness that accompanies him from the beginning, like walking in the grass to catch flowers.He also has the support of his brothers to complete the rehabilitation amid games and laughter.

"Maya still has cerebral palsy, still has damage to her brain and, therefore, some stiffness in her legs . Continue the rehabilitation to practice and gain strength. But these first steps are to know that it's possible and to encourage us all, "Ann told local media.