hello chud i am out for the day

MND or motor neuron disease is a disease where the nerves that tell muscles to move get disrupted, which causes muscle weakness and muscle atrophy, and can also cause respiratory issues and impair ability to breathe. there’s no cure and it’s typically fatal. there’s many different types of MND, some affect upper body, some affect lower body, some affect both both, and other specific cases. these disorders are progressive disorders and get worse over time

and in a lore case, this means either way micha likely would’ve died, be it by medical malpractice or not. poor baby would’ve lost his ability to walk (and maybe already had) which i can’t imagine how detrimental that would be to a kid :(

so he likely would’ve needed a mobility aid had he been able to leave the hospital, and there are many different types of those. wheelchairs are used for all rounder types of things, be it fatigue, paralysis, balance, weakness, etc. canes and crutches are usually used for balance, but some crutches can be used as a more independent form of mobility in cases of fatigue or weakness. both of those options however can strain the upper body (especially wrists)

but i headcanon micha having a lower body specific type of MND, or at least his leg muscles are worse off than his arm ones (more specifically i hc him with SMA type 2 or 3) so i gave him forearm crutches! i feel like he’d want to be as independent as he could be :3