My spinal cord injury journey started with a fall in my own home in 2019. I was sitting in my recliner chair watching a movie with my legs propped one behind the other.
As I sat relaxing and enjoying my weekend afternoon, my left leg went, unknowingly, completely numb. After a period of about one hour, I started to stand up and the plan was to go to the kitchen less than 10 feet away and get an ice-cold glass of tea.
I never made it to the kitchen. When I attempted to stand, my left leg gave out and my body completely collapsed to the hard tile floor.
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