Toe Up to 10K: A Journey of Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury by Steven Fujita
$3.99
In June 2012, Steven Fujita went to the emergency room, and was
diagnosed with meningitis. After four days of improvement, he was
scheduled to be discharged when his condition worsened dramatically.
His blood pressure, body temperature and sodium levels all became
dangerously low. He started to lose consciousness. He was rushed to
the Intensive Care Unit. He had suffered spinal cord damage at the T4
level. Upon regaining full consciousness, Fujita could not speak, eat,
breathe independently, control bodily functions, nor move his legs.
“Once we understand what we have to go through, become resolved to
see it through, and know we will survive, we feel our ordeal is not so
bad,” Fujita writes. In this book, he takes the reader on a journey
of recovery from a spinal cord injury. It is not only a journey of
determination and hard work, but of positive attitude, of drawing
inspiration, of gratitude towards those around him: his family, his
friends, co-workers, and medical professionals.
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