He has faced several extreme physical and psychological challenges throughout his life. Around age six, she contracted polio and was bedridden for nine months. While recovering from the disease, she had a limp when she walked because the disease had damaged her right leg and foot. Her father encouraged her to play soccer, swim, and even wrestle with moves that were very unusual for a girl at the time to aid in her recovery. A couple of times later, while she was traveling with her boyfriend on a bus, the vehicle collided with a tram. As a result of the collision, Kahlo was impaled by a steel handrail, which entered her side and came out the other side. As a result he suffered several serious injuries, including fractures to his spine and pelvis. After staying at the Red Cross hospital in Mexico City for several weeks, Kahlo returned home to further recover. He began painting while recovering and finished his first self-portrait the following year. Frida Kahlo marries the famous Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (Biography of Frida Kahlo,