Crash left him tetraplegic - but Andrew Leslie walked again
Nine To Noon
English - April 13, 2021 22:07 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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It was supposed to be a routine mountain bike outing - but for Andrew Leslie, the day ended up anything but. He was riding Wellington's Makara Peak last year on a trail he'd done before, but failed to navigate a drop off - crashing off his bike and crushing his spine. He was choppered to Burwood Hospital's spinal unit in Christchurch, put in an induced coma and doctors told his family he was tetraplegic and to prepare for him to be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. But after four months of intense rehabilitation, Andrew managed to walk out of the hospital. He joins Kathryn to talk about his miraculous recovery.