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So I made a step...Now what ??

Grrlinluv
  • By Grrlinluv · Posted May 4, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • So I wrote a previous Journal entry as a pre-emptive strike to my moving into a Big Girl's bed again titled Need some Information HELP !!! In an attempt to forward think that step and get some feedback ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...

Hanging out at Shriners Hospital in Philly

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · Posted April 30, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • Well we are here at Shriners, we have had an X-ray and have had an asia test .. T-10 incomplete level C... Matt has been up brace walking. He walked the entire length of the bars... Now his injury is ...

2 years fast approaches

jslegal
  • By jslegal · Posted April 29, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • May 1st will be 2 years since my youngest daughter's worst day that forever changed her life. God has blessed her with life. She has such strength ...

paraligea basics for new para/quad

papito1
  • By papito1 · Posted April 29, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • when i was discharge from rehab as a SCI there was some info clearly i had to learn on my own that some fail to teach. i was given a hard plastic shower chair and a hard plastic toilet riser that cause ...

Hi

jslegal
  • By jslegal · Posted April 27, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • Is your brother at Shepherds? My daughter was there 2 years ago. (C-6) Her roomate, Amanda, (C6-7)sold cure paralysis magnets and the wrist bands. Her family got the community involved and had golf tournaments ...

My Brother

tommy50
  • By tommy50 · Posted April 26, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • hello everyone I just to say thank you for the information and all your prays.My brother its been 3 weeks today sence his motorcycle wreck.He is still is ICU in Atlanta Ga.But everyday he is improvemen.Its ...

Does any one have any suggestions

dragonfly1980
  • By dragonfly1980 · Posted April 22, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • My mom has bells palsy. She will hardly look at her self any more. She says she used to be beautiful and now she is not. I try to tell her all the time that she hasnt changed. She is still my loving mom ...

introspections version 2009.1

SirVab
  • By SirVab · Posted April 20, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • What do you know for sure? What do any of us ever really know with unflinching certainty about anything, especially about ourselves and the future? Can we ever predict how the future will turn out and ...

Need some information ...HELLPP !!!

Grrlinluv
  • By Grrlinluv · Posted April 18, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Ok so I haven't been here in a while to write anything, but I have been stalking on a regular basis LOL !!! Reading and keeping up to date with many people's struggle to succeed at life and difficult ...

Reintegration

TraceD
  • By TraceD · Posted April 18, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • This is the month I return to my profession as a Physician's Assistant. I was injured in a motorcycle accident 3/24/08, C4 incomplete Central Cord Syndrom ASIA D. Best thing this month, after 6 hours ...

What a Week

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · Posted April 17, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • This week has been busy, PT and OT they gave us a neat machine kind of like a large TENS unit but much more powerful. We placed the electrodes on Matt's legs where they showed us and low and behold the ...

my brother

tommy50
  • By tommy50 · Posted April 16, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • I would like for every one to pray for my brother and his Family....If you know how to help out in a fundraiser for his family please let me know..thank you ...

maid of honor

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · Posted April 16, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • My sister Lauren is getting married! I'm her maid of honor. I am excited because I've been asked b4 but the maridges did not happen. It isn't until July but I'm already working on my speach! I am so happy ...

Sore Throat Causes

galaxy23
  • By galaxy23 · Posted April 15, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Strep throat is an inflamed (red and swollen) throat caused by infection with bacteria called Streptococci. It is diagnosed with a throat culture or a rapid strep test at the doctor's office. With treatment ...

Best video of the week!!!!

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · Posted April 11, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Please watch this video all the way through the end is the best part!! I promis it will be worth it ...

Looking for a friend

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · Posted April 11, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • My name is EJ, "goldy." I'm looking for a friend or two. I am a writer and an artist. I have had one story published where I invent some bubble gum that makes me float, some poems, and even a column about ...

I got published!

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · Posted April 5, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • I like to write stories, poems and columns about being disabled and overcoming my barriers. In the story I wrote that was published, I invent some bubble gum that makes me float upstairs to my sisters ...

Dates for Shriners Hospital Stay

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · Posted March 31, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Well I got the voice mail just a moment ago. They want us to come to Shriners in Philly on April 26th through May 8th so I guess that is when we are going. We had a rough night last night and today went ...

Shriners Hospital Bound

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · Posted March 27, 2009
  • 8 replies
  • Well we just got back from the Shriners Hospital in Tampa Florida.. The Doctors from Philadelphia PA came in and did a once over on my son. The Doc said he is a classic case of someone who had a tiny ...

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