When Shari Sila was born, she had almost nobody’s muscle. As a result, doctors believed that she’d never be able to get pregnant. However, in 2016, Sila defied the medical expert’s predictions by carrying a baby to term, and Sila has constantly been beaten throughout her life. Indeed, before she even entered the world, doctors warned her mum that she wouldn’t survive birth. Then, after Silo rites successfully, experts said that she wouldn’t make it to one year old.
Still, even after Silas celebrated her first birthday, her medical team warned that she would never walk. By the time she was five. Though, the determined youngster had proved the professionals wrong yet again.
People still continue to doubt her capabilities. However, even though she had survived into childhood and mastered walking. For example, doctors claimed that Sila wouldn’t be suited to mainstream schools. They also said that she would be reliant on her mum and dad forever, and people having low expectations of her wasn’t Sila’s only worry as a child, she also found that she was constantly picked on. I always got bullied and no one understood what my capabilities were, she told the Daily Mail in 2016.
The reason people doubted Silas abilities was because she was born with arthrogryposis multiplex congenital, also known as AMC. The condition typically decreases joint flexibility. However, symptoms vary widely in different people. For Sila, AMC meant that she had weak muscle tissues in her knees and elbows, which she could only bend slightly. Meanwhile, her shoulders barely moved while her ankles and wrists were just about fused.
She also had limited use of her toes and fingers, and by the time she was 22 years old, Syla had undergone over 20 operations, although the procedures hadn’t done a great deal to cure her symptoms. But once again, Sila’s fighting spirit prevailed. In fact, Sila was determined to live as ordinarily as possible, and she eventually found love with Kris Sila, whom she married in 2015. Her husband also battles with health problems. In his case, a hereditary condition has led to a damaged lower spine.
But neither Sila nor her partner were willing to let their health issues get in the way of life. So the couple settled down in Wodonga, Australia, and began trying for a baby. Then, after a heartbreaking miscarriage, they fell pregnant again a few months after their wedding. Once more, Sila had smashed all the expectations people had had for her. The doctors told me I probably wouldn’t be able to have kids, although they didn’t give me a reason why not, she revealed in her interview with a Daily Mail.
But even though Syla had managed to fall pregnant, medical experts still had their concerns. Since Syla’s petite frame stands at just 4ft tall, they worried that her baby wouldn’t be able to grow as expected, for instance. However, despite the doctor’s reservation, Silas pregnancy progressed nicely. Then, when she reached 29 weeks, she relocated to Melbourne in order to be closer to the hospital. Just to be on the safe side, it was decided that Style should give birth via a Caesarean section rather than risk a natural birth.
In addition, doctors would have to put her to sleep for the delivery. At first, the doctors wanted to do an epidural so I could be awake, but because my spine isn’t completely straight, they put me under general anesthetics, Sila explained to the Daily Mail. Then, in February 2016, Silo welcomed a little boy named Hayden. He weighed five £5 and measured 18 five inches in length. Furthermore, he was perfectly healthy and showed no sign of any disability.
As the months passed, though, Sila came to terms with the new challenges that motherhood had brought her. Because of the low muscle tissue in her arms and legs, the new mom was unable to reach out to her baby, which at times may have been heartbreaking for her, Sila revealed in her Daily Mail interview. Sometimes he’ll cry and I can’t reach him to pick him up. I have to wait for someone to pick him up for me, she added. I love being a mum, but it does get frustrating at times because there are a lot of things I can’t do as a consequence.
While Sila can change Hayden’s diaper, she nevertheless needs help lifting his legs. Thankfully, though her husband is at hand to support her and Hayden, Silas care also visits her five times each week for three hour periods, revealing some of the things she still struggles with, Silas said to the Daily Mail. When he was smaller, our care would hold Hayden in the bath so I could bathe him. But now that he’s big enough to sit in shallow water in a full size tub, I can’t bend my knees enough to get down and wash him myself. However, despite the challenges she faces, Silas came to stress that she’s a perfectly capable mother.
