Quadriplegic Pacing 24 /7 after 16 Years on a Mechanical Ventilator
In 1994, Khaldoon, a 17-year old honors student and swimming champion from Syria, suffered a spinal cord injury in a diving accident leaving him a ventilator-dependent quadriplegic (tetraplegic). 16 years later, he was implanted with the Avery Breathing Pacemaker and was pacing 24/7 less than one year post surgery. In 2015, after four years of...
Pacing and Cruising! :)
Hi everyone…Happy Monday!!! Hope you all are enjoying your summer so far. For this week’s experience, I would like to share with you the first time I was able to independently travel with my girlfriends on a cruise to the Bahamas. I was able to do this with my breathing pacemaker and being vent free!...
Welcome to Nicole’s Corner!!!
Hey everyone and welcome to Nicole’s corner!! This is the first of many posts of my past and future exciting adventures. Nicole’s corner will be a blog about my life living with a spinal cord injury and the Avery Biomedical Breathing Pacemaker. A little bit about me… My name is Nicole and I’m 27 years...