ATLANTA — A Georgia Tech freshman who was paralyzed during a fraternity team-building activity last fall is making a remarkable recovery.
Grant Brunson fell off a friend‘s shoulders during the exercise at his fraternity in November, leaving him partially paralyzed.
When Channel 2 Action News last saw Brunson in December, he was unable to speak. That’s not the case any more.
“I’m feeling better every day, so I mean tons of progress. I'm finally moving. Everything's coming back so it's great,” he said.
Brunson is now able to speak and move his hands and legs after months of vigorous rehabilitation at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta.
"Four months ago, I didn't know what was going on. I was scared, and then I came to Shepherd and all the caretakers were so nice,” he said.
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Brunson recently reached a new milestone in his recovery, moving from the Shepherd Center's inpatient program to the day program, in which his family will be his primary caregivers.
“I’m hopefully getting towards walking on my own with a walker and then moving to canes and then eventually on my own,” he said.
His family members say becoming his primary caregiver is a new challenge, but they're ready thanks to the continued support of Shepherd Center staff and their faith.
"It has been a process that we've been through as a family. No family ever expects, as I said earlier, to have this happen," Lisa Brunson said.
She says her son's progress is more than she could have imagined.
Grant Brunson said his experience has inspired him to help others and he’s even considering changing his major to biomedical engineering so that he can help others with spinal cord injuries.
"Just seeing it firsthand and seeing how it's helped me has definitely changed my view of what I want to do in the future,” he said. “I'm just so thankful for where I am today.”
He is hoping to return to Georgia Tech in the fall or spring.
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