I'm very glad that I didn't listen to the doctors
that told me that he wouldn't live, or walk, or do anything.
If I did listen to them, I wouldn't have a strong little boy
doing everything they said he couldn't do.
Help us build a big hole.
No, let's build a castle! Yeah, let's build a castle.
Yeah, let's build a castle!
What he likes about superheroes, I think, is they're always...
They stand for good and they fight the bad guys
and they save people, and they're strong,
and they have superpowers, and he thinks superpowers are really cool.
I am going to do this!
Not if I kick you!
Blocked it.
I think Cayden loves superheroes so much because
maybe partially he feels like he is one,
because he's already overcome so much
and he can still do the impossible.
Stand up, stand up.
VOICEOVER: OK, why do you like Superman? What's so cool about him?
He can zoom like a superhero.
Really? Yep.
Do you like his outfit? Yes.
Do you like that he can...? I like the fly parts.
Cos he can fly?
Yeah, because I love flying.
And I like Batman! And...
Green Lantern? ..Bane! Green Lantern?
And Green Lantern and Super Mario.
I first realised there were complications
around the 20 week ultrasound.
His bones were very, very short,
his capacity was very small
and his head calcifications were very low.
And they told me that he had about nine healing fractures.
He had about four on his ribs, three on his long bones
and then the rest were kind of just scattered all around the body.
The specialist recommended that we consider abortion.
It was 95% chance of him not living.
We decided to bet on that 5%, you know,
we wanted to meet our baby boy regardless so
we just went ahead and we bet on it.
Wee!
Weeee!
Didn't really know what to expect.
And he started crying and we instantly knew, you know,
he was going to be OK. I just, I melted,
and it felt amazing.
When Cayden was born, it was...
..it was like a dream come true.
Erm...
The entire time being told that your son's not going to live
and you have to plan for a funeral...
In the back of your mind, you're like, "This has to be wrong,
"I mean, he's going to make it, I know he is."
Cayden knows when he breaks a bone,
he knows when he's injured.
He lives fearlessly,
but he lives with caution as well.
He's had multiple injuries that he's learned from,
like falling off the couch
or being careful when standing on certain things.
He knows what's going on by now.
So, remember how about a month ago you sat on your leg? Yeah.
Remember that?
And it kind of broke it a little bit? Yep.
Can you tell me how that felt?
It felt bad!
It felt bad? Yeah. CAYDEN PRETENDS TO HYPERVENTILATE
Yeah, I remember when you sat on it, you started crying, huh?
Now you're trapped in the sand prison.
He's out!
When I have to see Cayden in pain, it kills me.
I put on a strong face, I tell him it's going to be OK, I fake it,
I medicate him and then I sing a song for him
or I just make him feel better because it's about him, you know,
it's not about how I feel, but it really does kill me.
A cave.
It might be a bear cave.
MOTHER: He's like a glass doll, is what I call him.
He's just a glass doll that you have to be very careful with.
The webs...
There's a tonne of bears!
There's bears inside, look! There's bears!
MOTHER: He still continues to astound doctors.
Even when we go to the emergency room for an emergency fracture
that needs to be splintered by a doctor, they still ask me questions.
They still ask what kind of treatment is he on,
how many fractures has he had, does he break all the time?
It's so rare that even they ask ME what's going on.
He continues to surprise doctors and he's fighting.
Yeah.
CAYDEN LAUGHS Let's do it.
Cayden has the biggest personality.
He's imaginative, he's creative, he's so kind,
and he has so much empathy for other people.
And I think that's a really special thing about a kid.
Hey, you, we can still be friends, right?
I think what people can learn from Cayden is to love life
cos you see how happy he is,
if he's happy then why can't we be as happy?
You know, I think the future for Cayden is very bright.
I mean, he'd be great with anything he did,
anything he wanted to do.