Wheeling in New Directions!

Yesterday we attended the WIND (Wheeling in New Directions) conference that is sponsored by the South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Association ( http://www.scspinalcord.org/ ) in Columbia.  We enjoyed seeing some of our friends from Shepherd Center Rehabilitation Hospital there as well!  The absolute highlight of our day was having the chance to meet Cody Unser!  She is the founder of the Cody Unser First Step Foundation ( http://www.cufsf.org/ )  Like Michael, she was diagnosed with Transverse Myelitis and paralyzed at the age of 12.  She has truly been an inspiration to us over the past year.  We have continuously followed her foundation and her progress.  She is basically TM's advocate who is truly motivated to find a cure.  Cody has spent countless hours on capital hill lobbying for funding to keep TM in the forefront.  She and Michael talked about racing as well (she is the daughter of Al Unser, Jr.)!  We had a great day, and really enjoyed the inspirational speakers! 



Michael and Cody