Patient Story
Mike's life changed instantly after he fell down cement stairs, sustaining a spinal cord injury that left him unable to move from the chest down. When he arrived at the Shirley Ryan 星空传媒视频, he could not breathe, eat, speak or walk on his own.
After six months of intensive therapy and a new research treatment, he left able to speak clearly, walk in a harness, eat independently, and breathe free of tubes. Watch his story and learn more about our spinal cord rehabilitation programs.
After suddenly becoming paralyzed and diagnosed with a rare neurologic condition,?Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), 14-year-old Paityn C. came to Shirley Ryan 星空传媒视频.
view all newsOne Saturday evening, David started to notice tingling in his feet. He assumed he had sat for too long in one position and expected it to fade by morning — but it didn’t. Instead, it spread and intensified throughout his body. He got himself to the emergency room — and collapsed at the front desk.
Nickolas G., a physician, came to Shirley Ryan 星空传媒视频 for intensive rehabilitation after becoming paralyzed by?Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) — a rare disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the nerves.