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Teen has huge collection of cool legs

His mom said: "From the start, he's never let it beat him."

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Bradley Pedrick with his prosthetic leg collection. (James Dadzitis via SWNS)

By Ben Turner via SWNS

This amputee teen is proudly displaying the stash of prosthetic limbs that he's worn for a decade since his left leg was amputated when he was three.

Bradley Pedrick, 13, has worn over a dozen artificial legs of different designs and sizes after he was born with a devastating four-in-a-million bone disease.

"He gets prosthetic legs every so often as he grows,"saidBradley's motherCheryl Collings, 35.

"They last longer now because they're extendable."

Bradley Pedrick's prosthetic leg collection. (James Dadzitis via SWNS)

Bradley was born with a rare bone disease called pseudarthrosis, which can result in the shinbone (tibia) breaking.

His tibia was broken from birth, meaning he couldn't walk properly and had to undergo the life-changing amputation of his left leg from the knee down at the age of three.

Single mom and a pole dancing instructor,Cheryl found out when Bradley was six weeks old that he had a broken tibia. When he was three, she made the heartbreaking decision to have his leg amputated.

"It was a really horrible decision to have his leg amputated," she said.

"It was a question of 'am I doing the right thing?' Making that decision on behalf of a child is horrible.

"It was either a long road of splinting and therapy but his leg would have been too fragile for him to do anything.

Bradley Pedrick's with his prosthetic leg. (James Dadzitis via SWNS).

Now in middle school, Bradley sails every weekend and hopes to become a policeman when he's older.

"You wouldn't even know he's got a prosthetic leg,"Cheryl said.

"From the start, he's never let it beat him.

"I've always let him grow up with the attitude of 'if you want to do something just do it.'

"He's had a little bit of bullying in school but he's got that mindset where he doesn't let it bother him. He's incredible."

Bradley, from Cornwall, England was bound to a stroller as a toddler because his left leg never fully developed.

"He didn't walk until he was two years old but his foot turned in and it was three shoe sizes smaller than the other,"Cheryl said.

"He limped a lot and had to wear a brace. His leg was just being held by cartilage and tissue.

"He would walk around the house but a lot of the time he would crawl.

"He would normally be in a pushchair when he was out of the house."

Bradley's leg was amputated at Bristol Children's Hospital and the limb was sent to experts in the United States for further analysis after doctors were baffled by his condition.

"He got his first leg 12 weeks after surgery and he walked further than he ever had in his life,"Cheryl said.

Bradley Pedrick and his prosthetic leg collection. (James Dadzitis via SWNS)
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Bradley has had two revision operations since the amputation to ensure that his leg remains suitable for his prosthetics.

He now enjoys life at home with his two sisters and three brothers - aged eight to 16 - and he even won a sailing competition in 2019 that was organized by the RNLI.

His main ambition is to get a job as a police officer when he graduates, but he's also said he wants to pursue a career in teaching sailing.

"From the start it's just been surgery and hospital appointments but it's started to level out a bit now,"Cheryl said.

"He's really been through it."

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