Tag: Quadriplegic
Sharing a hard lesson
It was close to midnight on a hot June night in 1992 when Eric Wildt dived into a friend's in-ground swimming pool.
His head hit...
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...
THE HANDS OF AN ARTIST
The last thing Kevin White remembers from the evening of his accident is the brilliant June sky and thinking "what a beautiful sunset it...
Doctor says ‘golden age’ of spinal cord injury treatments a decade away
TORONTO (CP) - Arms trembling, Nicholas Schoenhoff pushed himself up from his wheelchair, grabbed a pair of silver canes and took a few wobbly...
Fund-raiser to aid Stockyards co-owner left paralyzed
On Jan. 9, Mark Wagner was a runner and skier, a man in perfect physical condition. He was a flight captain with US Airways....
Rallying call for the disabled
Disabled people in Greece should try to get out of their homes more, despite the obstacles they encounter on sidewalks, in stores and on...
Fighting back one ‘huff and puff’ at a time
It is back to business for Dick Maloney. On April 15, the veteran entertainer and disc jockey returned to the airwaves with his Sentimental...
New weapon in battle on bed sores
Paralysed from a spinal cord injury, Peter Jones tried to cope with excruciating pressure sores by treating himself with vitamins.
What he and his wife,...
Reunion provides another healing touch
A soft tapping at her door in Louisville's Frazier Rehab Institute last week momentarily took patient Duanne Puckett of Shelbyville back 40 years.
Puckett, now...
High 5 Goes to Couple Who Help Quadriplegics
(KSL News) It takes a lot of strength and determination to make it through a serious physical injury.
A Salt Lake City man and his...
