Hello there,Mr. Traynor. How are you doing today? Nathan, what are theydoing in there? He...
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Hey. NURSE:Hello there,Mr. Traynor. How are you doing today? Nathan, what are theydoing in there? He has a checkupevery six months. To seeif he's getting better? No, it's a spinal-cord injury. He's not...He's not going to get better. But you do all thoseexercises with him. Yeah. That's to stophis muscles atrophying. Will's body nolonger works below here. Yeah, but he'sstill trying, right? He threw everythinginto physio the first year, and all he got from it wasslight movement inhis thumb and finger. Then the firstbout of pneumonia hit,then autonomic dysreflexia-- What does that mean? Right. So his blood pressure goes up and down.Yeah. He's constantlyopen to infection. But there's medical advancestaking place all the time.Right? Well, yeah. But no one's worked outhow to fix a spinal cord yet
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Hey
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NURSE Hello there Mr Traynor
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How are you doing today
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Nathan what are they doing in there
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SIGHS He has a checkup every six months
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To see if he's getting better
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No it's a spinal cord injury
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He's not He's not going to get better
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But you do all those exercises with him
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Yeah That's to stop his muscles atrophying
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Will's body no longer works below here
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Yeah but he's still trying right
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He threw everything into physio the first year
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and all he got from it was slight movement in his thumb and finger
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Then the first bout of pneumonia hit then autonomic dysreflexia
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STAMMERS What does that mean
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Right So his blood pressure
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goes up and down Yeah
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He's constantly open to infection
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But there's medical advances taking place all the time Right
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Well yeah
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But no one's worked out how to fix a spinal cord yet
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Movie Summary
A girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she's taking care of.
