Elkridge woman vows to return to her feet

Perneita Farrar’s dream is to walk again, and to do it in her beloved high heels.

“One day, I’m going to walk in these shoes,” she said of her 100 or so pairs of heels. “I don’t want to be wearing orthopedic shoes.”

The 36-year-old Elkridge woman, a self-described “girly girl” who uses a wheelchair because of a spinal cord injury, is working toward that goal as she prepares to travel to California in December to participate in an exercise-based rehabilitation program. Continue Reading »

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse VA Medical Center will break ground Friday on its long-awaited six-story Spinal Cord Injury/Disease Center.

The facility will serve veterans across Upstate New York who now travel to New York City or out of state to get spinal cord care.

“This will provide the kind of service that so many of our veterans coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq need now,” said VA spokesman Gordon Sclar. Continue Reading »