I Got An Infection And My Leg Stopped Growing | BORN DIFFERENT

A WEEK after he was born, Jet contracted a staph infection from a contaminated IV line. As a result, the growth plates in his left leg were affected and his leg “stopped growing.” As a child, Jet underwent 13 surgeries to try to maintain mobility on his left side, with metal pins and screws securing his hip in place. When he went for an X-ray, it was discovered that all the screws and pins in his hip were “disconnected and broken in half” and were now floating around in his leg. This causes Jet constant pain all day, every day, something that can only be partially alleviated by his fiancée Angel giving him a massage. As Angel told True, “I wish he didn’t have to go through this. If I could take his pain away, I would.” But Jet has turned that pain into ambition and is now a successful businessman, earning six-figure sums every year. And the misconceptions people have about him have only added fuel to the fire: “People think that because I’m disabled, I can’t have a beautiful wife, I can’t have my own child, I can’t have a successful career.” Jet has all three of those qualities, and has invested his hard-earned money in a $160,000 jewelry collection and a collection of orthopedic shoes worth over $100,000. Yet Jet frequently encounters online trolls who accuse him of “getting all this money on a disability check”—something he finds “degrading.” So he’s made it his goal to “prove all the doubters and haters wrong”—and no one will argue that’s exactly what he’s doing. Follow Jet: https://www.jetismusic.com Videographer: Jesse Roberts Producers: Kim Nguyen, Tom Buckman, Mel Jefcoate Editor: Renee Wong