An 11-year-old boy has finally been granted the wish of having his right leg amputated. His mother, however, called it the hardest decision of her life, ABC News reported.
Born with a rare orthopedic condition, congenital pseudoarthrosis of tibia and fibula with osteofibrous dysplasia, Amit Vigoda suffers a leg condition that has the tendency to continually get fractured.
More than a few times, he has experienced waking up to excruciating pain in his leg.
"I awake to a familiar screech. 'Mommmmmyyyy......HELP!'" Zimra Vigoda wrote on the blog, Kveller.com. "'Mommmmmyyyy......I want to cut it off, I can't stand it anymore...I hate my leg....make it stop,' he hollers, eyes wide open yet not quite awake."
With a rod inserted into his leg, Amit has been able to walk through the aid of crutches or hop on one foot. Crawling has been another option, according to ABC News.
Having undergone multiple surgeries, doctors have tried "an inquisition-like procedure called external fixation-or in plain language, rods, nuts, and bolts through the bone, muscle, and skin," wrote his mother.
But even after countless year-long treatments, Amit has always ended up with another fracture.
However, Amit's painful ordeal comes to a stop on April 10 when doctors at Shriner's Hospital for Children in Sacramento plan to operate below the right knee, Syme's or ankle disarticulation amputation.
Six weeks later, Amit will be fitted with a prosthetic. And three months later, he will be "up and running ... well, walking," Vigoda, 45, told ABCNews.com. "He's going to have a life with no limits."
"I am a little bit afraid, but I have been through so much, it's just like another surgery - except it will change my life," Amit told ABCNews.com. "I won't have any pain anymore and I can run and jump and play soccer."
"He is still ready before I am, but his father and I are supporting him," said Vigoda, who lives with her children, aged 6 to 15 in San Francisco's Bay Area. "We'll never know if this is the right thing."
