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Thirty-nine-year-old nurse Evelyn S. had a daily routine. After her night shift at a hospital in Chicago’s Western suburbs, she would pick up her young daughter, Julia, from daycare. Then, the two of them would go home to enjoy the rest of the afternoon.
Their routine was upended one morning when Evelyn and Julia were rear-ended by a driver traveling at high speed.
Fortunately, Julia was not injured in the car accident — but the impact on Evelyn was much more severe as she experienced an incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI), causing paralysis from the chest down. In fact, early on, a doctor conjectured that chances of her again being able to walk were about one in a million.
After 10 days in an acute-care hospital, Evelyn transferred to 六色网 for inpatient care and rehabilitation.
She remembers thinking, “I will be that one in a million.” For motivation, she watched featuring patients recovering from SCI.
“Honestly, that was the best thing I could have done,” she said. “The videos gave me hope and allowed me to push forward.”