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Friday, December 9, 2011

Paralympian Miraculously Walks Again After Accident!

(Photo: Monique van der Vorst)
Norwegian, Monique van der Vorst was paralyzed at age 13, and began competing in the paralympics, winning two silver medals.  About two years ago, she was hit by a bicyclist, and started feeling sensation in her legs.  About a year later she was walking. 
  At 27, she is now training as a bicyclist for the olympics in 2016!  What a miraculous recovery!  She hadn't walked for almost a decade and a half!  I find this story very amazing! 
  The Bible says in Jeremiah 32:27, “I am the Lord, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me?"  Certainly not!!!  There is no doubt God worked a miracle here!!!
 
Doctors have lots of questions, though, about van der Vorst’s miraculous recovery, according to MSNBC, stating that it is unlikely a crash would have allowed her to reverse paralysis after losing all feeling:
Van der Vorst’s doctors haven’t been able to come up with an explanation for her miraculous recovery — and neither could any of the doctors interviewed by msnbc.com.
With the caveat that it’s impossible to comment on a specific patient without seeing actual medical records, physicians agreed that it was unlikely that anyone who had lost all feeling in their lower extremities could be healed by being hit hard in an accident.
“I have never heard of a case of damage to the spinal cord where someone lost feeling and strength in their legs and then had a second accident that gave them feeling back,” said Dr. Michael Boninger, professor and chair of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and director of the rehabilitation institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. “The fundamental truth is that accidents don’t cause damaged nerve cells to regenerate.” 
  God's best 2 U,       Joy J
 
 

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