An Australian grandmother is walking across the the US to bring hope to people with quadriplegia, after her son was told he would never walk again following a horror snowboarding accident.
Kay Ledson’s son Josh woke up a quadriplegic after he crash landed on a road in a horrific snowboarding accident 18 years ago.
He shattered three vertebrae and was told by doctors he would never walk again.
Kay Ledson’s son Josh (pictured in hospital) woke up a quadriplegic after he crash landed on a road in a horrific snowboarding accident 18 years ago
Despite this, Josh Wood walked out of hospital four and a half months after the accident.
His mother Ms Ledson said she wanted the world to know it was possible to recover from a spinal injury.
‘My heart was broken, I was devastated. I was mad with the hospital because they’d given up on my son in nine hours,’ she told Nine News.
In a bid to spread her message, Ms Ledson decided to walk from California to Washington DC on the other side of the country.
She has walked 32 kilometres every day, navigating the extreme cold, heat, trucks, and even wild dogs.
‘My main aim is people need to understand you can get recovery,’ she said.
Kay Ledson (pictured) has walked 32 kilometres every day, navigating the extreme cold, heat, trucks, and even wild dogs
Josh (pictured with his wife and young child) is pictured walking with the help of a walking stick
Josh said he was extremely proud of his mother for her hard work and ongoing passion for the cause.
He said the only way he knew how to properly thank her, was by maintaining a healthy body.
But he said it wasn’t easy.
‘It is a struggle every day, a fight every day just to get out of bed, and I’m just so grateful for what I have got,’ he said.