A karate-loving Long Island boy got a special surprise Tuesday after undergoing a risky surgery to keep him from becoming paralyzed, a gift from the original Karate Kid himself, Ralph Macchio.
Armaan Mohammed was born with a spine deformity that went undiagnosed until the pain became unbearable.When he was 10, the aspiring athlete learned his spine curved outward and his spinal cord was so compressed, without a risky surgery he’d be guaranteed to become paralyzed.
"Myelomalacia means a soft, dying spinal cord - that’s the worst prognosis you can ever have," he said. "I took a piece of bone out of his spine and while shortening the spine we restored his height."
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