James is king tin can man
James is king tin can man.
At just seven years of age, James Williamson is already showing promise as an entrepreneur. James will spend the next six weeks collecting cans to sell to a can recycling depot in Inverell and donate the money to Royal Brisbane Hospital?s backbone and spinal clinic.
The youngest of seven children, James was born with Spina bifida, a condition that occurs in the first 21 days of pregnancy whereby one or more vertebrae do not close completely around the spinal cord. This leaves a gap or split, which causes damage to the nervous system. At two days old James had corrective surgery but his parents were told that he?d never walk. James has defied all odds.
?The doctors said he?d never walk but we got him running,? James? parents Pauline and John, of Pinkett, said.
?We take each day as it comes at the moment he is going really well, but he could have a growth spurt and put everything out of whack.
