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Loveland, CO teen uses neurostimulation to walk again a year after paralysis
LITTLETON — On her final day in paradise, Kristen Adlhoch tried to surf for the first time. Standing on her surfboard made for good photos, but then she felt a weakness and tingling in her legs.
Adlhoch left the water and collapsed on the beach. By the time she reached the hospital 20 minutes later, her legs were useless.
That was more than a year ago, during a family vacation in Hawaii to celebrate Thanksgiving. The whole family was there: Adlhoch, her parents and her little sister.
"We had pretty much did it all on the islands, and then we decided to try surfing on our last day," Adlhoch said. "That was really the last time I felt my legs."
But thanks to her cheery tenacity and new wireless technology that defies her paralysis, the now-19-year-old Colorado State University freshman is walking again — tentatively — for about two hours a day.
These shaky first steps are important to regaining her independence.
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