View Full Version : Miracle Kid Meets Miracle Doctor; Miracle Occurs


goofyfish
05-04-04, 04:45 PM
Okay, not a miracle, but you know what I mean.

Ricky Barker, a 13-year-old kid from Phoenix, was hit by a car and survived - even though his skull came off his spine and left him paralyzed from the neck down. His injuries made Christopher Reeve's look like a paper cut. Enter Dr. Kim Manwaring, who reattached everything, and restored movement to Ricky's legs and one of his arms. The kid's got a neck full of titanium, and will set off every metal detector he ever walks through, but he'll walk through them.

Amazing (http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0503surgery03.html).

:m: Peace.

RonVolk
05-04-04, 06:36 PM
I bet he'll look both ways before he crosses the street again. LOL
Seriously though, Thats awesome. I heard something about how people that were younger had more stem cells than older people maybe he'll get back up to 100% ? Maybe they'll get some breakthroughs in stem cell research and fix him if he doesn't heal.