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COST REDUCTIONS AND HIGHER
PRICES.
>> A YOUNG BAY AREA WOMAN IS
MAKING THE MOST OF HER SECOND
CHANCE AT LEAVE AFTER AN
EXTREMELY COMPLEX SURGERY.
A SURGERY SEEMS ALL THE MORE
MAZING WHEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT
SHE'S NOW DOING FOR FUN.
HER TEAMMATES CALL HER JELLY
BUCHL NICKNAMES GO, THE
ENFORCER MIGHT BE A BETTER
FIT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS SHE
LOVES ABOUT RUGBY.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M
THINKING ABOUT THIS.
I LIKE KNOCKING PEOPLE OUT OF
THE WAY.
>> HER PATH TO THIS SIDE OF
DISABLED SPORTS BEGAN WITH A
DIAGNOSIS THAT COULD HAVE
ENDED HER LIFE.
THE FORMER GYMNAST LIVING IN
DORMS AT UCLA SHE BEGAN LOSING
HER BALANCE.
>> IN SIX MONTHS I FELL DOWN
THE STAIRS BETWEEN 12-15 TIME
AUTOS THIS IS THE LEVEL OF THE
TUMOR.
>> DOCTORS SOON CONFIRMED THE
CAUSE.
>> WE WERE SHOCKED TO SEE THE
FINDINGS ON HER MRI SCAN.
HER NEWER LOGICAL EXAM WAS
NORMAL BUT SHE HAD A TUMOR
WITHIN THE CENTER OF THE
SPINAL CORD, IN UPPER SEGMENTS
CONTROLLING BREATHING.
>> THIS NEUROSURGEON BELIEVED
COREMOVE THE TUMOR BUT ADVISED
THE PRICE OF SAVING HER LIFE
MIGHT MEAN THE LOSS OF MOTOR
FUNCTION IN ARMS OR LEGS.
TWO CENTERS DECLINED
PERFORMING THE PROCEDURE ITS A
CHALLENGING OPERATION BECAUSE
OF THE VITAL STRUCTURES
SURROUNDING THE TUMOR.
>> IN A 10 HOUR OPERATION, THE
TEAM REMOVED SECTIONS OF
VERTEBRAE THEN BEGAN CAREFULLY
ON THE TUMOR, WATCHING OUTPUT
FROM ELECTRODES SET UP TO
MONITOR HER FUNCTION.
AT SEVERAL POINTS HE SAYS THE
UNUSUAL SIGNALS WERE
INTERRUPTED BUT THE TEAM
DECIDED TO CONTINUE.
>> AFTER WE'D SURROUNDED THE
TUMOR WITH DISSECTION
SEPARATING IT FROM THE SPINAL
CORD WE FELT VERY ENCOURAGED
THAT A REMOVEAL COULD BE
ACCOMPLISHED.
>> SURGEONS MANAGED TO SAVE
HER LIFE.
BUT WHEN SHE WOKE, SHE LEARNED
HOW LONG THE ROAD BACK WOULD
BE.
>> I SEE MY MOM, I REMEMBER I
TRIED TO KIND OF WAVE AND JUST
GIVE HER A HEY, I'M OKAY.
AND I COULDN'T MOVE MY ARM.
>> MONTHS OF PAINFUL
REHABILITATION BROUGHT HER
ABILITY TO MOVE STANDING WUPT
STEP OF -- HELP OF FOREARM
CRUTCHES BUT SHE FOUND HER
LIFE WAS MOVING FASTER THAN
HER BODY WAS FEELING SO SHE
MADE A DECISION.
USE A WHEELCHAIR IN THE SHORT
TERM.
>> I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO
THINK I'M CRAZY MY MOM WAS
CRINGEING AND I DON'T BLAME
HER, I PEEN... -- MEAN.
>> THE SPORT SHE SAYS GIVES
HER CONFIDENCE AND AN OUTLET
FOR FRG.
A FELLOW PLAYER WATCHED HER
DEVELOP.
>> SHE JUST CAME OFF, RIGHT
AFTER OFF THE BAT.
>> USING THAT CHAIR ALLOWED
HER OWE TO FINISH COLLEGE,
GETTING INTO A TOP FLIGHT LAW
SCHOOL, SOMETHING SHE SAID SHE
COULDN'T HAVE DONE IF FOCUSING
SOLEY ON REHABILITATION.
THE DREAM NOW IS HELPING OTHER
DISABLED PEOPLE.
>> IF I WASN'T DISABLED I
REALLY THINK MY LIFE WOULD
HAVE JUST BEEN ABOUT ME.
>> I'M HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE A
CAREER AND I HAVE LOTS OF
GOALS, THEY'RE JUST NOT ABOUT
ME, ANYMORE.
I THINK THAT IS KIND OF THE
BEAUTY OF IT ALL.
>> BEAUTY WITH A GOOD DOSE OF
TOUGHNESS THROWN IN.
>> SHE'S WAITING FOR LETTERS
FROM OTHER LAWSUITS -- LAW
SCHOOL BUZZ NOW SHE'S PLANNING
TO ATTEND BOLT IN THE FALL.
SHE'S JUST A REMARKABLE YOUNG
WOMAN.
>> SHE'S A GREAT DEPTH.
SHE'S THRIVING.