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I googled to see the new photos, and the first thing that came up is an article quoting this comment. The internet is a strange place sometimes.

Something similar happened to my mother when she was 30. She was pushed out of bed by her fiance, did a forward roll, and severed her spinal cord. She was completely paralyzed from the neck down.

My tip for you: keep at your PT. My mom was completely paralyzed for over 3 years before she starting making some progress. She can walk now (after YEARS of work, and with a lot of difficulty); she's somewhat of an anomaly, because her doctors still aren't entirely sure what caused the recovery (she has the same injury as Christopher Reeve if it helps).

Careful now, his mom is reading this thread. :P

My mom was a quad - C3+4 - and as an FYI, if you ever get to the point where you're not using a catheter anymore (she stopped using hers after 3 years or so), you'll be a more prone to UTIs. So if you ever feel feverish after feeling sort of crappy for a few days, just sort of beat and tired and icky, it's 100% worth it to have your doc check you for a UTI.

It's usually cured by a course of antibiotics, but if you let it go, it can be very dangerous.

As someone who has never thrown a spear before (but has done plenty of burpees), why would one be doing a burpee at a spear throw?

Edited since I found it on the website, but will not delete my comment in case someone has the same question: if you can't complete an event during a Spartan, you have to do a set of burpees.