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After Doctors Said She Would Never Walk Again, Student Takes Her First Steps

From Sabah · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • University student Ceylan Ağaç, 18, resumed walking after about three months of rehabilitation following a spinal cord injury caused by a fall in Kars.
  • Her treatment included robotic walking technology, reduced-gravity treadmill exercises, aquatic therapy and individualized physiotherapy.
  • Ağaç said she overcame severe pain and loss of leg movement with treatment and determination.

Ceylan Ağaç arrived at Ankara Etlik City Hospital unable to move her legs. About three months later, the 18-year-old university student stood up and began walking again, despite doctors having told her she might never walk.

Ağaç fell from a sixth-floor window in Kars on May 21 while visiting her family. She suffered a spinal cord fracture after becoming dizzy during a migraine attack. She was transferred to the hospital's Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Clinic by helicopter ambulance on June 13.

I was in a lot of pain, but I kept saying, ‘Ceylan, you will get better in Ankara.’

· Ceylan AğaçAğaç recalled her transfer to Ankara after suffering a spinal cord injury in a fall.

Her rehabilitation combined a robotic walking system, a reduced-gravity treadmill, aquatic exercises and individual therapy with physiotherapists. The program began three weeks after her arrival, as her doctors managed her pain and other difficulties with medication.

“I was in a lot of pain, but I kept saying, ‘Ceylan, you will get better in Ankara,’” Ağaç said. “Thanks to my doctors’ treatment and my determination, I overcame it and walked. I feel very good now.” She thanked her doctors and the hospital administration for their care.

Thanks to my doctors’ treatment and my determination, I overcame it and walked. I feel very good now.

· Ceylan AğaçThe student described her recovery after roughly three months of rehabilitation.
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