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An uninsured Florida mom fell from the 4th floor. Will she ever walk again?

Riverview resident’s hope of overcoming spinal cord injury may depend on her finding a way to pay for treatment.
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Brittany Dedaj, doctor of physical therapy at NeuLife Rehabilitation, works with Riverview resident Kristina Andrews, who damaged her spinal cord after a fall from a fourth-story balcony. Her best hope was intensive rehabilitation therapy, which encourages the brain to reorganize itself and make new neural pathways. But its combination of physical and electrotherapy is expensive, and Andrews, a contract sales worker, had no health insurance.
Brittany Dedaj, doctor of physical therapy at NeuLife Rehabilitation, works with Riverview resident Kristina Andrews, who damaged her spinal cord after a fall from a fourth-story balcony. Her best hope was intensive rehabilitation therapy, which encourages the brain to reorganize itself and make new neural pathways. But its combination of physical and electrotherapy is expensive, and Andrews, a contract sales worker, had no health insurance. [ Kristina Andrews ]
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    Christopher O’Donnell is the health and medicine reporter. He can be reached at codonnell@tampabay.com.

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