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Two-and-a-half-year-old Ryland loves reading, singing, sensory toys, trains, and building Legos with his dad. He has a four-year-old brother who he enjoys playing with. As a family, they like going on walks or adventures such as hikes, picnics, parks, and the zoo.
Ryland became ill at 7 days old and was in the NICU for 14 days resulting in meningitis and encephalitis. He suffered a significant brain injury due to this illness and at 2 years of age, has been given the diagnoses of cerebral palsy and cortical visual impairment.
Ryland has been through a lot of therapy in his 2½ years and was deemed a candidate for a selective dorsal rhizotomy, a surgical treatment on the lower spinal cord to treat spasticity. He received this therapy in February and 32 weeks of various intense therapies now follow.
