Spinal injuries are a very serious thing, especially if you happen to damage your spinal cord. Â For most people with that type of injury can have permanent consequences, including loss of motor function. Â Joshua here has suffered a spinal cord injury, but it looks like he’s going to be the exception to the rule. Â Vets expect him to be able to walk again, and in the not too distant future, without the use of a mechanical aid.
Joshua’s past isn’t exactly clear, except for one thing. Â He had been dumped on a roadside in Bulgaria, already having the severed spinal cord. Â He had been left to die, but thankfully that didn’t happen. Â Instead, he’d been rescued and taken out of there, and brought to the UK.
After arriving in the UK, he was brought to a shelter, and given a full medical breakdown. Â That’s when the extent of the damage he’d suffered truly came to light. Â Despite the odds, a team of vets and surgeons was actually successful in repairing the damage. Â Which is something that up until now, no one believed was possible.
After the surgery, rehab was started as soon as possible. Â After many hours of hardcore hydrotherapy, Joshua is now able to move his back legs again a bit on his own, but sensation seems to be returning to him as well.
Now, the task at hand is building muscle. Â Before being able to go without any assistance at all, he’s using a specially built wheelchair to help speed the process of recovery. Â It is estimated that he’ll make a full recovery, within one years time.
