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The human body is pretty resistant.
Not only is it pretty good at growing, but if you get a cut, a bruise, or even break a bone, your body usually has a way of repairing itself.
But sometimes, the same mechanisms that keep you healthy can mutate and cause your body to grow and develop more or less than it would normally.
Imagine that one day, you find a huge lump on your ribcage, and, even after getting it x-rayed, you still don't know what's going on.
Eventually you find out that you have a rare genetic disorder where your body becomes more and more immobile due to a dehabillitaing amount of bone growth, to the point where you relish the escape of video games since it's one of the only activities where you don't feel left out.
Well that's the life of Daniel Williams, an 11-year old boy living in Houston, Texas.
And all of this is happening because Daniel has what's known as "stone man syndrome".
Stone man syndrome, also known more officially as FOP, is a disorder where tissue from your muscles, tendons, and ligaments are gradually replaced by bone.
