World War II veteran decorates clocks for wounded servicemen Nov 19, 2008
Michael Guilbault, a quadriplegic veteran in a wheelchair, stops DuPuis to admire one of his clocks. Time is important to Guilbault. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Southbury Pasta SupperAids Local Family Caring for ChildWith Dandy-Walker Syndrome Nov 19, 2008
"Sydney doesn't do any of those things. She's a spastic quadriplegic. She doesn't have control over her limbs."She has some voluntary movement, but she can't grab hold of something and put it to her mouth. She can't change position if she's uncomfortable; she can't roll over. (Voices, CT)
Robots may come to aging boomers' rescue Nov 18, 2008
After that, a wheelchair-bound stroke patient or quadriplegic need only say, "Take me to Room 451" for the chair to understand and then do just that. The device will be launched as a prototype ready for testing in a Boston-area nursing home within two years, Teller said. (Yahoo News)
Limited living, unlimited life: A survival story Nov 17, 2008
JOHN PEMBERTON/The Times-UnionMina Elbers has had several near-death experiences, including a traffic accident that left her quadriplegic, and double pneumonia. Through it all, she earned a master's degree and worked as a counseling psychologist. (Florida Times-Union)
Health Worker Suspected Of Exploiting Quadriplegic Patient Nov 14, 2008
-- Omaha police are investigating a health care worker who allegedly financially exploited a 57-year-old quadriplegic patient. It doesn't appear to be the first time the suspect has exploited the victim. (7 KETV Omaha)
Veterans' families seek aid for caregiver role Nov 12, 2008
Six weeks later, Staff Sergeant Keil was shot in the neck while on patrol in Ramadi, Iraq, and rendered a quadriplegic. Because her husband, now 27, could no longer take care of himself, not even to get a drink of water, Keil, 31, quit her job as an accountant to take care of him. (International Herald Tribune)
MassWildlife sponsors events allowing disabled hunters to get back to the sport Nov 9, 2008
Hunter Dann Brown, a 46-year-old quadriplegic who uses a homemade hand brace with a hook that allows him to pull the trigger on his shotgun, said he would be unable to hunt without aid. But with help, he said, he feels as if he can reclaim a bit of the normalcy he lost after his neck was broken in a car accident in 1983. (Boston Globe)
Matai hurt as Kiwis run down England Nov 9, 2008
"There's enough signs and symptoms that he needed to have some imaging to exclude a spinal fracture. "If we move him in that situation and he does have an unstable fracture, he's a quadriplegic. " Matai, who has a history of shoulder problems, broke down attempting to tackle English second-rower Ben Westwood on the half-hour mark. The game was held up for seven minutes while the Manly three-quarter was placed in a neck brace and stretchered off EnergyAustralia Stadium. After complaining of neck... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Matai injured as Kiwis trounce England Nov 8, 2008
"He has never had anything like that before. "If we moved him and he has an unstable fracture then he could be a quadriplegic. "The hope is it is just a sprain and all is good." Kiwis coach Stephen Kearney was impressed with his side's second half performance after delivering an "animated" half time dressing down to his troops. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Homes for heroes Nov 6, 2008
One of the veterans, who is a quadriplegic, can open and close doors with his breath, using a tube. Another veteran has a personal devise mounted on his wheelchair that allows him to control different features of his home through his voice. (Canton Journal, MA)
Charles Edward West Nov 5, 2008
An optimistic disposition kept Ed upbeat and uncomplaining even after he was confined to a wheelchair in a near quadriplegic state at the end of his life. Ed was greatly loved by his grandchildren, who treasured having time with him. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Canada deports paralysed Sikh refugee Nov 5, 2008
In 2006, he suffered a massive stroke, which left him a quadriplegic and bed-ridden. He sought refugee status from Canada on humanitarian grounds, saying going back to India would be akin to death sentence as he will not receive proper medical care there. (India Times, India)
Editor's Mailbag (Nov. 3) Nov 4, 2008
My injuries were to my back, which had already been in bad shape due to an injury I sustained while in college, taking care of a quadriplegic 19-year-old freshman, and to my right knee. I too, am currently seeing my physical therapist two to three times a week. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Firm outfits vehicles for handicapped Nov 3, 2008
When done two months from now, the van will have a higher roof to accommodate a quadriplegic rider who can't bend his neck. The lower floor will make it easier to get the wheelchair inside. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Driver kills mother, son out for Halloween Nov 2, 2008
He was left a quadriplegic and died in 2005 at age 27, The Republican reported. Kathy McCabe of the Globe staff and Globe Correspondent Jillian Jorgensen contributed to this report. (Boston Globe)
Gambling ring organizer headed to state prison Oct 29, 2008
ALBANY -- A quadriplegic man who reputedly ran a $56 million Internet gambling ring that stretched from Syracuse to Albany is facing 1 to 3 years in state prison under a plea deal reached today. George Bedigian, 63, of Syracuse, has never spent a day in prison despite nearly a dozen prior gambling-related convictions. (Albany Times Union)
Nurses Speak Out, About Doctors Oct 28, 2008
While working as a rehabilitation nurse, Mindy Owen stumbles on a big one in caring for a quadriplegic teenager, the victim of a car accident. She becomes transfixed by a picture of the boy with his old basketball team, and shows the photograph to the boy s doctor. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Paralyzed refugee claimant gives up fight Oct 24, 2008
Mr. Singh used a false passport to enter Canada in 2003 and fled from Toronto to Vancouver, where he suffered an aneurysm that left him a quadriplegic. Mr. Gill said he is among those who have financially supported Singh during his stay at the temple but that he understands the man is stressed about his situation after almost two years of waiting to learn his fate. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Michael Bliss is Walking Again Oct 22, 2008
Police say three men brutally assaulted bliss outside of buffalo bar leaving him a quadriplegic. He said he often thinks about that night, but tries not to. (WOKR13 Rochester)
Oct. 16 edition: Obituaries Oct 17, 2008
After graduating from high school, due to circumstances beyond his control, he became a quadriplegic and even when burdened with this disability, his courageous attitude kept him compassionate, kind and loving towards others and he refused to dwell on what life had given him. He was always up on what was happening in his world of entertainment. (Acton Beacon, MA)
Mind power moves paralysed limbs Oct 16, 2008
Recent studies have shown that quadriplegic patients - people who have paralysis in all four limbs - can consciously control the activity of nerve cells or neurons in the motor cortex that command hand movements, even after several years of paralysis. Using a gadget called a brain-machine interface, Dr Chet Moritz and colleagues re-routed motor cortex control signals from the brains of temporarily paralysed monkeys directly to their arm muscles. (BBC News)
DEATHS FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2008 (970) Oct 16, 2008
He was a construction worker over 30 years ago when he became a quadriplegic and was a member of Shepherd s Chapel Ministry. Ricky was an avid deer hunter and Bible reader and was preceded in death by his father, J.T. Scogin. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Someday, Broadway: Fall breaks dancer's back, not her spirit Oct 15, 2008
And there's that doctor "who said I was going to be a quadriplegic.". One day recently Nicole's brother, Joseph, 19, a college sophomore, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "You're not my sister, you're my miracle.". (The Clarion-Ledger)
Obituaries for Friday, October 10, 1008 Oct 10, 2008
Mike became a quadriplegic as a result of injuries received in a motor vehicle accident April 1, 1978. Mike enjoyed cars, his dogs and watching TV. He was a member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Elba. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Ameristar National Charity Golf Classic Raises More Than $1.1 Million for Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis and Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Oct 3, 2008
The event is dedicated to Craig H. Neilsen, Ameristar's late founder, whose injuries in a 1985 automobile accident left him a quadriplegic. Neilsen spent the next 21 years building Ameristar into a successful gaming and entertainment company with properties across the country. (PR Newswire)
Stem-cell research is a weapon in governor's race Sep 24, 2008
"But they also, if they've got a quadriplegic or a kid who has severe diabetes, they worry about how they can help that kid live or function longer."McCrory's campaign said he supports stem cell research from non-controversial sources, which shows increasing promise for results, but Hawke said McCrory would support a ban on embryonic research. States' actionsNorth Carolina's legislature has not considered a ban. (News & Observer)
Florida Medicaid recipients want out of nursing homes Sep 24, 2008
He became a quadriplegic 36 years ago when he fell off a wall and broke his neck. I can t choose what meal I want, I can t have a visitor after 8 o clock it s just like a prison without bars, he said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
'Think First' Message of Talk to OxfordHigh School Students Sep 24, 2008
The driver who hit him was not injured, but Andrew sustained a spinal cord injury that left him a quadriplegic. Today, he has use of his arms and can feel his thighs, but his legs below his knees still lack feeling and he is confined to a wheel chair. (Voices, CT)
At odds over a gambling case Sep 23, 2008
But Bedigian also is a quadriplegic. And at 63, he has never had to worry about spending a day in prison -- until now. (Albany Times Union)
Quadriplegic driving disability empowerment campus Sep 19, 2008
In 1990, he co-founded Arizona Heat, the first quadriplegic rugby team in the state. The team has won national competitions. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Volunteers build ramp at south Lebanon home Sep 18, 2008
Both she and her son, Jeffery Phillips, a quadriplegic now receiving therapy, need the ramp to get in and out of their house. The volunteers were from United Way, some of the 200-plus people helping out on 26 projects throughout Linn County for United Way's Day of Caring on Sept. 12. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Disabled Activists Arrested At Arlington McCa... Sep 18, 2008
He's a Persian Gulf war vet left a quadriplegic by a car accident. "If I don't get an attendant, I can't get out of the house, so I'm laying in bed.". (W-USA News, DC)
Stem cell research is greatest hope Sep 17, 2008
In 2007, at the age of 33, I broke my neck and am now a quadriplegic. And although most of my life was taken from me, I still need to have hope. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Coating improves electrical stimulation therapy used for Parkinson's, depression, chronic pain Sep 16, 2008
By implanting electronic nerve stimulators, doctors elsewhere have provided a quadriplegic patient with the ability to move a computer cursor at will, and monkeys have been able to move objects in a virtual world with mere mind power. For individuals who lose an arm or leg and rely on prosthetics, implanted stimulators offer promise in restoring feelings of sensation. (EurekAlert!)
Out of a chair and into the water Sep 7, 2008
"Did you see what you did?" O'Brine shouted to a quadriplegic first-time skier. "They let you go, and you were on your own without any help.". (Florida Times-Union)
Former Border Patrol Agent sues Ford Aug 28, 2008
Agent Pena s spine was broken in the crash, leaving him a quadriplegic. The suit was filed by Pena s lawyers in Pima County Superior Court. (FOX 11, AZ)
Oakland teen-ager coping with paralysis after car accident Aug 28, 2008
Doctors have told her parents, Sheri and Pete Loiacono, that she will likely be "a complete quadriplegic.". Following the crash, in which she was thrown from her vehicle, Melissa was put into traction to prevent further injury. (Winter Garden West Orange Times, FL)
What do totalitarian states do? Cheat Aug 27, 2008
A quadriplegic, she died in 2006 at age 46, another martyr as though another were needed to the collectivist state. . (Globe and Mail -- Business)
For mah-jonng mavens, it's all about the tiles - and the personal ties Aug 24, 2008
While the older women played their own hands at the tournament, Rikki, 16, acted as the hands for a quadriplegic woman from Brooklyn who usually plays online via computer. Back in Boston, says Mueller, games at players' homes can last up to 10 hours. (Boston Globe)
Riskiest sport? Cheerleading Aug 22, 2008
It was that sort of routine that left Patty Phommanyvong, 17, of John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, a comatose quadriplegic after she fell to the ground while performing at a football game last October. Safer cheerleading. (MSNBC -- Health)
Roy Wesley Brinkley Aug 22, 2008
Roy and Sherry later divorced but remained close friends and together cared for their quadriplegic son, Jamie. Roy then went to work for Samaritan Health Services where he met his fianc, Linda Hatchett. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Marine is ultimate all-around athlete Aug 17, 2008
Slaughter, a 47-year-old Marine Corps veteran who is a quadriplegic, competed in three events in July during his first time at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Omaha, Neb. Slaughter entered archery, air gun and slalom events at the Games, winning a bronze medal in his division (quad with compound bow) in archery. (Suffolk News Herald, VA)
Denial is no defence against West Nile Aug 16, 2008
Isabel Barnsley seen here at a rehabilitation centre in Regina, was bitten last summer and contracted West Nile virus, becoming ill and is a quadriplegic. These days, she communicates with a letter board. (Globe and Mail)
Youth experience adventure at Camp Attitude Aug 14, 2008
Camp Attitude was founded in 1999 by artist Ron Heagy Jr., who became a quadriplegic after a surfing accident his senior year in high school. Heagy left Camp Attitude in 2004 after a dispute over his use of funds. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Read more... Aug 14, 2008
The Judd Jacobson Memorial Award is named for the late Minnesota business leader who became a quadriplegic as a result of a diving accident. The award is administered by Courage Center, with funds made possible by Daniel J. Gainey, a lifelong friend of Jacobson. (PNN Online)
A mobile solution for disabled pets Aug 10, 2008
The wheelchair is designed and constructed, based on what the issue is lameness, missing forelimbs or rear limbs, even quadriplegic. We make about 120 carts every two weeks, or about 2,000 a year. (Boston Globe)
Blinking hot Aug 10, 2008
Rhodin, 57, is undergoing physical therapy at Brooks to regain strength and use of his arms and legs after an unknown infection in his spinal cord caused him to become a partial quadriplegic last spring. For more information, contact Vickie Kennedy at 318-7204 or Sheri Nicholson at 234-0038. (Florida Times-Union)
Local Mother Becomes Advocate for Quadriplegics Aug 9, 2008
As Kwiecien and her husband David educated themselves about what it meant for their son to be a quadriplegic, they also began to see the areas where our medical systems falls short of helping quadriplegic patients ... After working her way through a six-month hospital stay, lengthened five months unnecessarily by severe bedsores, Kwiecien began the task of adapting the family home for a quadriplegic and looking at her son's future ... Recently she sent letters to all local state representatives... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Vermont Whiffle Ball Tourney Enters 7th Year Aug 9, 2008
Roy was a BU hockey player that suffered a spinal cord injury in his first college game, becoming a quadriplegic. Roy established his foundation to raise money for spinal cord injury survivors and research. (WCAX.com, VT)
Bush's doomed Mideast peace efforts Aug 6, 2008
The role of HamasSheikh Ahmed Yassin, the mystical quadriplegic who founded Hamas, said that the fate of Israel must be left to the will of God and future generations of Palestinians. But in June 2006 Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh declared Hamas's willingness to sign a document jointly with all Palestinian factions that it accepts Israel's existence. (Boston Globe)
HEALTH BLOG: Read the latest child wellness tips Aug 5, 2008
My younger daughter recently completed her first season on our neighborhood pool's dive team, and, anxious mother that I am, I always had a little nagging worry in the back of my mind about her safety (coming across a story about a young woman who became a quadriplegic after a diving accident didn't help). Well, a new in the journal Pediatrics estimates that diving accidents send 6,500 kids and teens to emergency rooms each year, although fewer than 5% have to be hospitalized. (USA Today -- Money)
Charity benefits sisters with Cerebral Palsy Aug 2, 2008
The Zubrenic sisters, Allison and Audrey, both have spastic quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy, which makes it difficult to get around. We re trying to raise money to pay for a specialized van that will hold both of the girls in their wheel chairs so they can be transported to and from the doctor s appointments and their weekly therapy appointments safely and efficiently, said Dawn Jefferson, organizer for the event. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
Surgery gives quadriplegic breathing space Aug 2, 2008
NEW DELHI: For the past nine months, 42-year-old Rajesh Jain, a quadriplegic, has been confined to bed, attached to a ventilator in the neurosurgery ward at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) ... And since then, he has been in the hospital as he needs specialised care like all quadriplegic patients on ventilator ... Though doctors are not sure whether Jain can ever sit up or regain strength in his limbs, if a quadriplegic is able to sit on a wheelchair with support and can go... (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Fremont Man Accused Of Attempted Killings Not Guilty By Insanity Aug 1, 2008
The victims' injuries ranged from minor scrapes to one woman who suffered major injuries and is now a quadriplegic. In court Thursday afternoon, Judge Carol Yaggy ruled that Popal had been legally insane at the time of the crimes, and ordered that Popal be sent to a state mental health facility, where he will stay for a maximum of 55 years and four months, under the terms of a plea agreement reached by attorneys. (NBC 11, CA)
Suffolk veteran competes in Veterans Games Jul 30, 2008
Slaughter, 47, is a quadriplegic ... They also compete within classes according to the level of their physical ability, with three quadriplegic-level classes (IA, IB, and IC), and four paraplegic-level or amputee classes (II, III, IV, and V). (Suffolk News Herald, VA)
Unproven stem cell therapy has its devotees Jul 29, 2008
Leah Roland, 32, broke her neck in a skiing accident nine years ago and became an incomplete quadriplegic. She tried all sorts of therapies, undergoing brutal hours of physiotherapy, acupuncture, gym work, and other treatments. (Toronto Star)
Shays Confronts A Tough Election Cycle Jul 28, 2008
Jim Langevin, D- Rhode Island, a quadriplegic who has focused on health insurance issues. On his desk at home, Shays keeps a two-pocket folder that markets him to reporters and voters as a bipartisan centrist. (FOX61, CT)
Two who drowned may have hit heads Jul 28, 2008
But he did, and also defied predictions that he would be left a quadriplegic or paraplegic. "The man, even at 67, could probably still outrun me -- and I'm a runner," Forster said. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Court rules Army not liable for shooting by recruit Jul 24, 2008
A federal court says the U.S. Army is not liable for more than $1 million in medical bills for Michael Lahoff, who was left a quadriplegic after being robbed and shot by a young Army recruit in Downtown Pittsburgh. Three judges from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against the Army that was brought by an insurance company that is paying for Mr. Lahoff's medical care and lost wages. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Survey Highlights Physician Motivations for Working Locum Tenens Jobs Jul 23, 2008
Another surgeon said the extra income has allowed him to pay off his home in less than five years so he can build a computer-based business with his quadriplegic son that will provide for the latter's welfare into adulthood. Perspective and Romance Many physicians reported gaining valuable insight on their lives and careers while earning extra income through. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Friends getting together to help popular teacher Jul 21, 2008
His doctor told him his condition is that of an incomplete quadriplegic. He can push himself in a wheelchair, and sometime during the upcoming school year, hopes to return to teaching American history. (Florida Times-Union)
Monet? Gauguin? Using art to make better doctors Jul 20, 2008
Three patients enter the classroom, including a quadriplegic man who also is shirtless, a woman with muscular dystrophy, and a woman with a deformed spine. Afterward, students list what they saw. (Boston Globe)
Sailor Laid to Rest Jul 19, 2008
Verbeke was left a quadriplegic in December 2005, after piece of equipment from the flight deck hit him. His father says Daniel was comatose for months, but after he was transferred to a Philadelphia-area rehabilitation hospital, Daniel re-learned how to speak some words, including the ability to say "I love you.". (WTKR.com, VA)
Border Service visits alarm supporters of Indian refugee Jul 14, 2008
His appeals to stay in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds have been complicated by the fact that he was left a quadriplegic after suffering an aneurysm three years ago. His refugee claim was denied because the government believed he did not have sufficient ties to Canada, although supporters pledged money to pay the costs of his care. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Furball, Healer Jul 13, 2008
The request had carried weight: Jesse was quadriplegic, nonverbal, and then 7 years old. Little-boy longing had pushed the word "dog" out of his mouth, and there was no question that heartfelt wish would be granted. (Boston Globe)
