This Valley Stream karate kid was told he'd never walk again. See him now.

Two years ago, Armaan Mohammed grew too weak to walk, slogging around on crutches in his living room due to a severe form of scoliosis, resulting in his spinal cord slowly rotting away.

For most of his childhood, despite his condition, he has always been a spry and active kid. His mother, Parvin Uddin, knew there was no use corralling his rambunctious energy. She recalls squandering hundreds of dollars on swimming and soccer lessons because Mohammed didn’t take to them for very long. Then, in second grade, he discovered a perfect outlet for his bottled up energy in the martial arts, particularly karate.

“I love karate. It’s a passion for me. I’m not into anything else like not baseball, not soccer. Any of the big sports,” Mohammed said. “I got braver because of it.”

Uddin needed Mohammed, 13, to be brave, to have courage. She knew that at some point soon, he would have to prepare himself for a surgery that his doctor’s told him would straighten out his spinal posture, but could leave him permanently paralyzed.

“I wanted to delay the surgery until he was 21 to enjoy the remainder of his teenage life” without concern that he may never walk again, said Uddin.

It pained her in dreams and visions to watch his son go from showing off his flying kicks and fluid jabs with a glowing grin on his face to spending his days wheelchair-bound, his martial arts ambitions snuffed, and possibly his loving smile fading away.

But as time passed, his condition grew worse. Mohammed’s spine had been stretched and crushed so badly it had deformed into a C-shape. He was losing feeling in his legs and felt biting back pain. The symptoms, doctors warned, would only get worse with each passing day. Uddin labored over signing off on his corrective surgery for fear of making the wrong call.

She sought out two different medical opinions. She consulted friends and relatives. She listened for the spiritual advice and divinations of astrologers and priests. And yet, when it came to asking her son about his own future, Mohammed was unnerved.

“I was sad about the surgery, but I needed to make the most of the moment,” said Mohammed, urging his mom to let him go through with the procedure.

“He’s a very brave boy,” said Uddin. “I gave birth to a brave son.”

At Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Uddin waited tensely as her son underwent 10 hours of grueling medical treatment. Against all expectations, against all fears, Mohammed emerged from the operation room with his spine realigned and his courage rewarded. Though it would take long weeks of tearful, painstaking rehabilitation, Mohammed’s body would make a full recovery.

“Before I went to work, I offered my prayers that this little boy would make it,” said Dr. Vishal Sarwahi, Mohammed’s surgeon. “All prognosticators of a bad outcome were present. Armann was facing a life of permanent paralysis.”

His ailing spine could have shut down and given out at any moment during the surgery, a severe complication could have surfaced, but none did.

Nowadays, he is cleared to get back to his martial arts.

There he was earlier this month in his living room, his mother reposed calmly in her seat with a smile, as he showed his favorite karate form.

“This is called statue of the crane,” he said. He bounced off the couch, walked to the center of the room where he stood motionless, took a deep breath, and burst into a series of elegant hops and fast strikes with a lively spark in his eye.

It was the same form he displayed for the cameras at the Northwell press conference earlier this month as his story of struggle and triumph went public.

“I’m happy that I’m here today, doing karate, being on the news,” he said. “I’m really happy.”

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