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'Thanks for helping me walk again' Andrew Board A Nelson schoolgirl’s brush with life in a wheelchair has been ended thanks to the physiotherapists at Nelson Hospital. Claudia Gillespie was feeling nauseous in her social studies class at Waimea College this winter, she excused herself to head to the bathroom. There she collapsed and when she woke up she found she couldn’t
Claudia Gillespie in a wheelchair and heading off to school. Photo: Supplied.
use her legs. Fortunately, the 15-yearold was able to text a friend who alerted office staff. An ambulance took Claudia to hospital, along with her concerned parents. Over the next few days various tests were conducted and the family were told she suffered a functional weakness, which is caused by stress and can leave sufferers paralysed for several months. For Claudia it was a scary time but she had one focus: to walk again. “It’s all I thought about really, I never thought that I wouldn’t be able to walk again.” After three months working with the physiotherapists at Nelson Hospital, Claudia was desperate to return to school. She was given a wheelchair and made her way back to class. But some bullying, including losing some friends, threw even more challenges at her. But a month later, with some innovative ideas from her physio, Claudia took
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Donna Dunn loves Christmas and takes her Christmas decorating to the next level, displaying a huge collection of Christmas ornaments throughout her home. It’s a collection that’s taken several years to build up and is still being added to every year, including five different themed Christmas trees, around 10 large elves, multitudes of ornaments, soft toys, around 40 large and small soft Santa’s and even a huge inflatable Santa. Donna says her family has always had a love of Christmas. In fact, her father was one of the first people in Nelson to go all out decorating the outside of his home in Hope, which in past years was a popular place for families to visit in the lead-up to Christmas. Photo: Jessie Johnston.
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