no, when he was born the doctors found his spine coming straight out of his back, which is called spina bifida, he is mostly in a weelchair cause of his spine. Also he has a bad hip that will last forever since hes been born. he has braces on his leg to stabalize them. He is eight. He just had surgery so that was the 16th. Dont worry about him, hes actually very active for a kid with spina bifida.