Monday, April 24, 2023

UNITED SPINAL’S RESOURCE CENTER

TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS

Chris Dunn survived a diving accident in July 2018 that left him paralyzed, on a ventilator and mostly blind.

A father and concrete worker, Dunn spent a year in a Maine ICU, fighting for his right to rehab and get back to living his life.

“I’m pretty sure they just wanted to kill me,” he said in a 2019 interview.

Dunn’s family was repeatedly told there was nothing more that could be done for him and, even though he was in his early 40s, they should put him in hospice to die.

After seven months of reaching out to hospitals and rehab centers all over the country and receiving nothing but rejections, Chris’ mom, Carol, filled out the online form to join United Spinal Association, writing: “We are desperate. We need help, please.”

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