she's only paralyzed from the waist down. in the video, she's moving her arms.
No, she's paralyzed from her chest down.
it all depends on the pool
In a shallow end, the top of the water could be anywhere from 6 inches to 1.5 ft below where your feet are on the ledge of the pool. Some out of the ordinary pools, even more.
If you are pushed from a high center of gravity (under your neck), you would easily topple down and go close to head first into a shallow end.
Shallow end I guess could be anything from 3ft down to under a ft of water if it is a "baby pool"
I suspect she fell awkwardly and maybe turned the fall into a dive either willingly or unwillingly
Still the water would retard the speed at which you hit the bottom, no? And isn't it a natural instinct to use your hand to protect your head? Without all the 'facts' it does seem odd, freak or not.
For those of you saying you'd rather be dead than quad, you should know that we have a couple quads on this board. One of the fellows I've corresponded with since he was in high school and he's married now. Seems happier than most of us on the boards. You are more than the sum total of your physical body.
Hindsight is everything. Like I said, I can imagine being thankful to be alive in that situation. However, from where I sit now, the idea is very depressing. Sure, you could make a life. But I wouldn't be able to do anything I love anymore.
But you're right. I would probably find joy in just the simple thing of watching the world "progress". That's what I hate most about the thought of dying, not getting to see what happens. So it would be worth it in that regard.
But man.. Yeah, just unfathomable.
Grrrr.
the advancement in technology these days I wouldn't be surprised if shes running marathons within a decade.
No, she's paralyzed from her chest down.
For those of you saying you'd rather be dead than quad, you should know that we have a couple quads on this board. One of the fellows I've corresponded with since he was in high school and he's married now. Seems happier than most of us on the boards. You are more than the sum total of your physical body.
Umm, if you fall forward, your natural instinct is to put your hands out, not protect your head.
If you fall backwards, your normal instincts would be to crouch to fall on your butt or reach your hands backwards.
If you're pushed without forewarning, all bets are off -- but I guarantee you that your first reaction wouldn't be to cover your head.
hur hur here is someone that doesn't know how much we don't know. or can't fix.
Well, if stem cell research ever accomplishes what it promises, she'll be walking eventually.
okay, what i meant is that she's paraplegic, not quadraplegic.
It is caused by damage to the brain or the spinal cord at a high level C1 - C7 - in particular, spinal cord injuries secondary to an injury to the cervical spine. The injury, which is known as a lesion, causes victims to lose partial or total function of all four limbs, meaning the arms and the legs. Tetraplegia is defined in many ways; C1-C4 usually affects arm movement more so than a C5-C7 injury; however, all quadriplegics have or have had some kind of finger dysfunction. So, it is not uncommon to have a quadriplegic with fully functional arms and only have their fingers that don't work.
"I can't even get a lift to get to the second floor of my house," said Friedman. Her catheter supplies cost around $2,000 per month."
I feel so sad for people who get a serious illness in America. where I live, those kinds of expenses are all paid for by the government, plus the serious accident victim would get a lump sum payout from the government of several hundreds of thousands of dollars to help pay for rehabilitation costs and modifications in their home etc.
that guy is in better shape than her.
too early?