Waverley, Ill. BP News - Jacki Rabon, 18, is walking with braces on a parallel bar six months after undergoing adult stem cell surgery to repair a spinal cord injury that left her paralyzed. Her story is a testament to the healing potential of adult stem cell research. Photo by Becki Rabon
WAVERLY, Ill. (BP)--Jacki Rabon was riding with some friends in the back of an SUV in August 2003 when she was thrown out of the vehicle as it veered off the road. She skidded a few feet and landed near a ditch, and her life was suddenly changed.
“Right away, I knew I couldn’t feel my legs because I couldn’t get up,” Rabon, 18, told Baptist Press. “I went to sit up and then my back hurt too bad to sit up, so I knew something was wrong.”
She was rushed to one hospital and then another, where she underwent ...
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