In 2013, April Ballentine’s ex-boyfriend shot her five times in public. Though she survived – barely – the event left her paralyzed from the chest down.
After a domestic violence assault left her paralyzed in 2013, Lexington native April Ballentine channeled her trauma into a force for good, joining the Sheriff's office to become an advocate for other victims of domestic violence. Her dream of walking again seemed impossible until a chance meeting with a UK physical therapist generated an opportunity to trial a ReWalk exoskeleton.
Hands-only CPR gave Frankfort resident Andy Combs a fighting chance to survive a massive heart attack. But after miraculously waking up from a two-week coma, he had another extraordinary hurdle to clear regaining enough strength and stamina to be able to survive a necessary multi-bypass surgery.
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Brain fog and long-hauler are two terms that many have come to know in recent months due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, the struggles associated with the terms are nothing new for those who work in UK HealthCare’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Recovery Clinic.