Cerebral Palsy with Peta Hooke

The Sunflower Conversations – Cerebral Palsy with Peta HookePeta has cerebral palsy which affects her mobility. Peta uses a wheelchair as she cannot stand or walk independently, she also uses a hoist to shower.The cerebral palsy was caused at birth when she experienced a lack of oxygen for few seconds.At 12 Peta had an operation which went wrong and stretched her nerves too much resulting in chronic nerve pain. Extensive therapy was necessary to re-educate her brain to overcome the pain. ...