A journey to walk again One step at a time

Dan Cummings was swimming with friends in a lake when he dove into shallow water. In an instant, his life changed, and at 19 he was diagnosed a quadriplegic. Cummings spent four weeks in the intensive care unit at Boston Medical Center, and doctors told his family he would be lucky to make it through the night, let alone walk again.

He spent the next three years in physical therapy for 45 minutes a day, three days a week – all that his health insurance would cover. Unwilling to accept his diagnosis and learn to live in a wheelchair, he decided he needed a more intensive program, and found a center in Southern California that worked with patients with spinal cord injuries for up to three hours a day. Continue Reading »