Tag: Family and Friends

Injured girl home, celebrating Christmas

Christmas will be celebrated this weekend at 6-year-old Taylor Parker's house. A Christmas tree stands in the front room; wrapped presents wait to be opened...

Local band jams for cause

Now that he has regained the gift of music, Ryan Nelson wants to use his talent to help others. The 21-year-old Pilesgrove resident, who...

Snoopy’s home with family

Snoopy, the Labrador retriever whose ability to walk was threatened when he was hit by a car, is back home with Jay and Julie...

Violence taxes Baghdad’s spinal injury hospital

Some patients wait a year to get only such care in the city Baghdad -- Mohammed Abdul Hussein moans as he tries to shift his...

State to Fund Spinal Cord And Brain Injury Research

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana is about to take a huge step forward in assisting thousands of Hoosiers who have suffered from spinal cord and brain...

Vets set sights on Wheelchair Games

MANSFIELD -- Lola Sanderson was intrigued when she saw Jonathan Merchant hand-pedaling a three-wheel cycle on the road near her house. He was young and...

Still living life to the fullest

A lot has happened to Andrew Robinson since he was injured last June in a car-bomb explosion in Iraq. The 24-year-old former North Hanover resident,...

Jockey Andrew Lakeman paralyzed from waist down

NEW YORK -- Jockey Andrew Lakeman was told Wednesday night that he is paralyzed from the waist down as a result of a spill...

Top broker doesn’t let paralysis stop him from realizing dreams

Eric Northbrook is well known throughout the San Diego County real estate community as one of the region's top brokers. Now, the Cushman & Wakefield...

Daughter is inspired by mom’s injury

On hot summer night in 1994, Betty Uriegas' life changed forever. For nine years, she had been a Hall County Sheriff's deputy and served as...