Diving After A Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal cord injuries something we never think about until someone we know or love, are injured. What will we do? Who do we go to for help? How will our lives be changed?

Living with a spinal cord injury does it have to be a bad thing, will I be limited in the things I can do? Last Friday Apr. 23 2010 my neighbor’s son and I were talking about putting in a new front door, on my house, Sunday he was with friend’s horsing around, jumping on the hood of a moving car he was thrown to the ground. Life changed in a instent, for the past 5 days he has laid in a coma, not knowing whether he will be totally ok or what, Talking to his father he made the comment ” I guess he won’t be taking scuba lessons now will he?” I know this isn’t the kind of story people want to hear about, but the timing couldn’t be more appropriate as a HSA certified, Scuba instructor with Al’s Diving in San diego we are holding the Diveheart scuba training with  Jim Elliott founder of the organization.

SCI doesn’t mean life has to stop or has to be any less rewarding, those with disabilities such as spinal cord injuries can with a little help from a friend, achieve almost anything a able bodied, person can. Like Carmen Yu and some of her friends

See more about diving with disabilities on my dive blog www.alsdiving.storeblogs.com, and remember you too can make a difference in someones life. Interested?