Boy Gets Best Friend Life-Saving Surgery

See the inspiring story of a young boy who helped raise more than $20,000 so his friend could receive a life-changing surgery. Plus, see how the boys are paying it forward.

[motasemabadi]

Wow! I almost cried, there still are good people in this World. this is contagious kindness.

[GIguy]

As a man is growing up in Canada and has never had to pay a medical bill, it makes me so angry and so sad that these poor parents have to fund raise just to provide healthcare for their own child, healthcare is not a privilege, it’s a basic human right that everybody should have, especially in a country as wealthy as the United States of America! It just makes me that much more grateful to be Canadian, and I pray one day Americans can live as we do, never having to worry about paying for medical help. The US government with all its corruption allowing big pharma and insurance companies to literally buy their political leaders, should be ashamed and disgusted with themselves, the American people deserve so much better!! They waste billions each year in having the biggest guns....what’s the point if there’s no one left alive to fire them? In fact, their military spends more then the top 25 military powers combined, 44 of which are allies, how, in anyway, can they justify that? They let their own citizens die, or live on the street, tax them to death, all to pay for their military and for their questionable politics across the globe. I use to have such respect for the Americans, and I still do for the American people themselves, but I hold nothing but pure contempt and disgust towards the US government, they’re nothing but a bunch of greedy, selfish, power hungry, corrupt bastards, who could care less about the people they’re supposed to be serving! I pray one day karma pays them back! While my great nation, Canada, if far from perfect, it’s a bloody paradise compared to the hell my poor neighbours tomthe south are forced to endure! But hey, we’re a huge country, with only 35 million people, plenty of room for more, especially skilled labour....yes, our winters a bit longer, and our taxes are higher, but every citizen, regardless of their financial situation, is guaranteed to have full access to any and all health care necessary. The idea of parents having to choose between saving their child’s lives, or food? Forgive me for, this expression, but what is this, the 3rd world? For a nation that prides itself on money and power, you could never tell it from the way they treat their own citizens...so come on up to Canada a super cute guys and gals! Not to mention our passport is one of the most widely accepted on earth...and ladies...have you seen our Prime Minster, Justin Trudeau? If not, google him, a former teacher, who’s father was also PM, he’s brilliant, and drop dead better then Mr. Shithole and his evil cronies that are currently destroying your nation, and causing the entire world to loose the respect that took decades to earn. I’ll say this much, the more I see that disgusting egotistical scumbag shithead, the more I truly appreciate being a very proud Canadian....so come on up, we’re very much alike, only richer, cleaner, safer, and one of the most beautiful countries in the world with one of the highest standards of living.

[aishanicole]

That's a really compassionate and loving kid. He's like that now! I can't wait to see all he'll do as a grown up. His parents must be proud. That's a BFF

[orize]

wtf i live 30 seconds from this place where he got the surgery

[KaylaPearlCPNinja]

I have cerebral palsy too, however I never needed the kind of surgery that is shown in this video. Instead, I receive Botox injections in my left leg and arm to lower the spasticity in my left side. I have spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy, and the only major surgery that was for an orthopedic matter was to repair my torn patella tendon and fix some other issues that developed as a result of having cerebral palsy. Another reason why I don't need to have the surgery shown in this video is because I already am able to walk with a functional gait.

I am going to guess that this young boy has mixed cerebral palsy (in this case a combination of spastic and ataxic cerebral palsy) and all four limbs are affected.