Former Arsenal youth turned quadriplegic after drink 'high' overnight
"When he woke up he couldn't do anything, he couldn't move - he was like a newborn baby but the nurses said he was watching them, so they said he there was 'somebody in there,'" Mrs. Cain said. "He's gradually coming back and getting better all the time. His long-term memory, childhood things, he still remembers all that."
Daniel has since been able to return home after two and a half years in hospital, but he needs 24-hour care and a wheelchair to get around. After more than a year of waiting, their family was moved to a suitable home, but had to downsize, forcing Daniel's sister, Natalie, to move.
He is, however, able to walk and stand with the help of Neurokinex - an organization that offers intensive rehabilitation therapy. It is only partly funded by the NHS and costs upwards of £60 an hour as one has been set up to help defray the costs.
“It was very difficult for him, in different neurological services, he was around stroke victims who were mainly over 50, so there were not many people of his age that he could be with. identify themselves," mum Tracey added. "He responds very well to physio - it's like his happy place when he's exercising. It's more frustrating when he's not able to do that."
"When he woke up he couldn't do anything, he couldn't move - he was like a newborn baby but the nurses said he was watching them, so they said he there was 'somebody in there,'" Mrs. Cain said. "He's gradually coming back and getting better all the time. His long-term memory, childhood things, he still remembers all that."
Daniel has since been able to return home after two and a half years in hospital, but he needs 24-hour care and a wheelchair to get around. After more than a year of waiting, their family was moved to a suitable home, but had to downsize, forcing Daniel's sister, Natalie, to move.
He is, however, able to walk and stand with the help of Neurokinex - an organization that offers intensive rehabilitation therapy. It is only partly funded by the NHS and costs upwards of £60 an hour as one has been set up to help defray the costs.
“It was very difficult for him, in different neurological services, he was around stroke victims who were mainly over 50, so there were not many people of his age that he could be with. identify themselves," mum Tracey added. "He responds very well to physio - it's like his happy place when he's exercising. It's more frustrating when he's not able to do that."
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