Tag: Ventilator
Surgery gives quadriplegic ability to breathe on his own
VANCOUVER — Bob Blair bears an uncanny facial resemblance to Christopher Reeve and on top of that, he, like Reeve, was paralysed in a...
Risk vs. hope: Heading overseas for stem cells
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - David Aldrich, 49, was paralyzed in a boating accident more than four years ago, and had made his wishes known....
Love Survives
Rick and Angel Young were married at Royal Victoria Hospital.
With a pen held in his teeth, Rick Young carefully marked an X on...
Artists come together to aid Terry Earp
Funny how the old adages often ring true. Like the one about tragedy bringing out the best in people.
In the two months since Valley...
Injured man sees new hope in Russia
HILLIARD - Raymond Krolikowski just wants to hug his wife and daughters again.
Krolikowski, 31, has been paralyzed from the shoulders down since a bull-riding...
Paraplegic LI politician seeks state senate seat
SMITHTOWN, N.Y. -- The title of her autobiography says it all about Brooke Ellison's longshot chance of upsetting a two-term incumbent Tuesday in her...
Avery Biomedical Devices, Inc.
A breathing pacemaker is an implantable diaphragmatic/phrenic nerve stimulator that provides support for patients with chronic ventilatory insufficiency such as ventilator-dependent quadriplegics, patients with...
Still playing to win
Eyes, not hands, now guide the work of wheelchair-bound vascular surgeon in Greenville
GREENVILLE -- Glancing at a U.S. Open doubles tennis match on a...
Boca quadriplegic fights to walk again
Kevin Mullin's life changed forever October 6, 2003.
At 24, Mullin of Boca Raton was an athletic swimmer and scuba diver who landed a job...
Learning a new routine
Injured Tucson gymnast endures Rehabilitation in Colorado, where he begins to heal and adapts to life as a quadriplegic
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Drew Donnellan reaches...
