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On September 4, 1990, at age 11, she was hit by a car while walking home from school, resulting in paralysis from the neck down. Although her injuries left her completely dependent on other people, she graduated from Ward Melville High School in 1996 with high honors, and was accepted to Harvard. [ 2 ]
Bågenholm woke up ten days after the accident, paralyzed from the neck down and subsequently spent two months recovering in an intensive care unit. Although she has made an almost full recovery from the incident, late in 2009 she was still having minor symptoms in hands and feet related to nerve injury .
A 23-year-old paramedic is speaking out after a neck crack caused a major artery in her spine to rupture, resulting in a stroke. Natalie Kunicki, who works for the London Ambulance Service, was ...
A 32-year-old woman became paralyzed from the neck down after doing the sport she loved — now, her family and friends are doing everything they can to help.
Tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia, is defined as the dysfunction or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the cervical area of the spinal cord. [1] A loss of motor function can present as either weakness or paralysis leading to partial or total loss of function in the arms, legs, trunk, and pelvis.
Marrianne Rooprai’s personal story of recovery has inspired other paralyzed people across the world Marrianne Rooprai’s story of recovery is absolutely inspirational She was one of the first ...
The announcement of Ms B's death came on the same day a woman paralysed from the neck down from advanced motor neuron disease, Diane Pretty, lost a legal battle in the European Court of Human Rights for the right to die with the help of her husband.
A 24-year-old woman from Wales is raising money for treatment in Oman after she woke up three years ago with a stiff neck and ended up paralyzed, according to the Daily Mail.. In Aug. 2016, Helen ...