Mom of teen paralyzed from trampoline injury knows her daughter will walk again: ‘100%, with all of my heart’
A Pittsburgh mother speaks up after her daughter was seriously injured in a trampoline accident.
Mary Maloney, 14, was jumping on a trampoline at her father’s house when she fell last year. The seriousness of the situation only became apparent when she continued to feel pain.
Mary eventually became paralyzed from the chest down, her mother Pam Surano told FOX News.
Mary Maloney and her dog Buddy work with one of their recovery specialists, Ryan Shazier.
(Pam Surano)
Surano said she was at church when Mary called her last August.
Surano didn’t take the first call because he wanted to call back. However, when her daughter kept calling, Surano got concerned and answered, she said.
Surano said that as soon as she heard Mary’s voice she knew something was wrong.
Mary stated that she fell and could not move her legs. Doctors would eventually find out the teen had a stroke, Surano said.
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“I know she’ll go,” said Surano after almost a year of treatment; “100%, with all my heart.”
Surano stated that some doctors believe Mary had a stroke while jumping on the trampoline and that was what caused her fall. Surano said she was told that the trajectory of the body and the way the springs on the trampoline made Mary bounce may have caused the injury, although this is still uncertain.
“You think of terrible fractures, broken bones, bruises,” explained Surano. “But you never think of that.”
Mary Maloney works with former steeler Jon Kolb. Her mother said that she had to learn to “crawl”.
(Pam Surano)
Today Mary is still recovering. Surano said doctors should have looked for “out-of-the-box” treatments.
“Some people write off patients like Mary,” said Surano, adding that Pittsburgh doesn’t have a neuro-spinal center, so her family had to travel.
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Surano said she and her family would go to Texas to work in a facility near Dallas. REACT, a Neurological Injury and Trauma Center, has a program developed by Ryan and Kendall Bachik that can help Mary. Surano said she’s also worked with a variety of sports injury specialists.
Mary also has a new 4 month old puppy named Buddy. Although the dog isn’t specifically trained to provide physical or emotional support, it will still sit with her in Mary’s wheelchair and will sometimes even pull her on a leash, Surano said.
Injuries on the home trampoline are not uncommon and the Mayo Clinic writes that they pose a “high risk of injury to children”. According to the health organization, several safety measures must be observed when using a trampoline.
First, use safety nets and pads to prevent anyone jumping on them from falling off their side.
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Second, place the trampoline at ground level and make sure it is far enough away from trees and rocks.
Third, it is important not to allow unattended jumping, especially by young children. Children under 6 years of age should not use trampolines.
While Mary still has a long way to go in recovery, Surano is confident that everything will be fine. “God is leading this journey for us,” she said.
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