The Saginaw News

The media train keeps chugging along. I received a call on Monday from a reporter at the Saginaw News who interviewed me back in the spring before I left for Potugal. He interviewed my parents, my grandmother, and me for a follow up story on how things have been going since I returned to therapy. The link to story is down below.

I've already received offers from a few people interested in being my press agent. We're still working out the contractual details on the salary and benefits package, crossing the "I"s, dotting the "T"s, etc. Basic legal stuff; kind of boring.

The Saginaw News

Dr. Lima stateside

The Detroit Free Press ran another article on Dr. Lima's procedure and some of the people who have undergone the operation in today's paper. My two cents are towards the end of the article in what I'm dubbing "The Buzzkill Section." For the record, I said that I was disappointed that I lost the sensation I had in my leg prior to the surgery, but that the experience as a whole was very positive. And that I believe more positive things are still to come. I guess that sort of comes through in the article. Here’s the link:

Detroit Free Press

When I met with Dr. Lima last week I also got a chance to meet one of the Italian doctors he’s working with in his research. One of the interesting things that Dr. Lima mentioned was the fact that the patients in Italy are rehabbing with very little reliance on leg braces, unweighted assistance, or electrical stimulation. Dr. Lima said that the Italian doctor was very surprised to see how much the patients and the therapy at Rehab Institute utilize those types of external supports. Their belief is that if you force your body to adapt to certain situations that with time it will.