Rock Hill house rehab offers greater independence for man living with cerebral palsy

ROCK HILL Wayne Moreland knows a miracle when he sees one.

At 26 years old, he is one, hell tell you.

Someone some people would say it was God, others would say doctors performed a miracle on Wayne when he was a teenager on a surgeons table at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Greenville. He had surgery to correct a collapsing spine an operation no one would touch at first because it was unlikely he would survive the procedure.

Wayne was born with cerebral palsy a disease of the nervous system that has no cure.

He was born with his arms and legs and nearly every inch of his body tightened up into a fist-like ball.

Doctors told his mother that Wayne who entered the world weighing just 2 pounds, 3 ounces would never sit up or walk and that he might not live.

Treatments for cerebral palsy patients have just one goal: to give people such as Wayne as much independence as possible.

Every day for the Morelands is a miracle.

Now, the city of Rock Hill, Wayne says, is giving him another miracle.

His home on Stonewall Court is part of the citys home rehabilitation program which uses state and federal grants to help people in the community.

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Rock Hill house rehab offers greater independence for man living with cerebral palsy