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Fil-Am is most severely wounded Iraq veteran
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The most severely wounded and disabled US soldier to return home from
Iraq is a Filipino-American by the name of Joseph “Jay”
Briseno Jr. Shot in 2003 in the back of the neck at pointblank range
that severed his spinal cord and left him quadriplegic and blind, Jay
now lives with his parents and siblings in Virginia and requires
full-time, around-the-clock care. In an article by news editor Edmund
Silvestre published in the Filipino Reporter, Jay’s father Joseph
Sr., a retired US Army sergeant, describes the extent of his
son’s injuries and needs: “Aside from spinal cord and brain
injuries, Jay also suffered two cardiac arrests and has been attached
to a life support… doctors told us that he would die, that
it’s impossible for him to survive his injuries and that
it’s best for all of us if he were to die.”
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Manitoba gives $3M boost to spinal injury treatment
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The Manitoba government will spend $3 million over the next five
years making sure people with spinal cord injuries receive the most
up-to-date services.
Premier Gary Doer and other government officials announced the funding in the provincial legislature Friday.
The money will help ensure medical treatment and social services
incorporate the most recent research and provide more counselling to
people who have experienced spinal cord injuries, they said.
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Moser will never give up hope
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Former Nanaimo Clipper Aaron Moser might never walk again, but to lose all hope would be to lose everything. On
Oct. 24, the 27-year-old celebrated on the ninth anniversary of a
tragic accident that left him a quadriplegic after he was checked into
the boards during a B.C. Hockey League game in Powell River. You read that right. He celebrated.
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Spinal Cord Injuries Often Life-Changing Events
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Dr. Ryan Denhaese has seen many patients with injuries similar to Kevin Everett's. Some of them were football players. Dr.
Ryan Denhaese, Brain and Spine Center, "They teach ball players to look
up when they tackle, and they do that for a reason. And if you look
down when you tackle, you can imagine that would be the kind of thing
that would happen. Its a common injury."
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Plager lives life full-speed ahead
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 Injuries resulting from a car accident didn't dampen her zest for life
The dining room table in Angie Plager's living room is taller than
most. So is her computer desk. The furniture is arranged along the
walls of her parents' Cambridge home, with no obstructions in the
middle of the rooms.
The back door opens by remote, to a ramp overlooking a large yard in rural Iowa.
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Wheelchairs roll, and rock: Spinal injury patients offer help to live life kingsize
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Disabled? Forget
it; they now assists others. To lead a self-dependent life. The
conference room at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre is packed with
wheelchair-bound individuals who have come to attend the active
rehabilitation centre.
“In
the West, active rehabilitation is an integral part of treatment after
physiotherapy. It’s essential to make people realise that they
can live just as well despite their disability,” says Jyoti
Vidhiani, the 2005 recipient of Heinz Fellowship for rehabilitation
counselling.
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Disaboom Becomes Umbrella Sponsor for Life Rolls On Foundation
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Disaboom, Inc., which is
developing the first online community for people living
with or directly
affected by disabilities or functional limitations, today
announced a
year-long partnership with Life Rolls On Foundation (LRO),
a non-profit
organization dedicated to improving the quality of life
for young people
affected by spinal cord injury.
Through this partnership,
Disaboom will be
the 2007 Umbrella Sponsor of LRO's upcoming 4th Annual Night
by the Ocean
Dinner and Auction, 9th Annual Charity Golf Tournament and
US Open of
Surfing Expression Session.
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Injured girl home, celebrating Christmas
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 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 and lights decorate the eaves outside. Several neighboring
houses are draped with icicle lights and holiday trim, showing
Christmas colors in the late June heat.
Taylor missed Christmas last December, laid up at UC Davis
Medical Center in Sacramento, after an accident in Chico injured her
spinal cord.
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Healing friend
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Therapy dog Colonel spreads joy as he visits hospitals, schools, centers
Colonel can bark in five languages - but that's not the best part.
The 8-year-old golden retriever possesses a certain magic that helps people heal.
"It's not just the 'ah' factor - 'oh, that's
such a cute dog,' " explained Kathy Klotz, executive director of
Holladay-based Intermountain Animal Therapy.
Animals are like a catalyst for healing,
whether for a burn patient, a recovering drug addict or a stroke
victim.
"Patients get discouraged," Klotz said. "And
one of the things the animals do best is help them decide life is worth
living."
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Snoopy’s home with family
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 Snoopy, the Labrador retriever whose ability to walk was threatened
when he was hit by a car, is back home with Jay and Julie Snider and
their three children.
And he’s walking.
“He’s able to run,” Julie Snider said. “He runs funny, but he runs.”
Snoopy suffered a spinal cord injury when he was hit by a car on
Fillyaw Road on April 28 after escaping from the Sniders’ nearby
home on Dandridge Drive.
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