Leah Weiher was left paralyzed after falling from a hunting stand.
"Not a lot of mothers can say that they learned to walk at the same time as their child, so it's very special," Leah Weiher of Galloway, Ohio, told "Weiher, 24, was climbing onto a tree stand early in the morning on Nov. 5, 2023, when she stumbled and fell 15 feet to the ground, landing on the crossbow she was carrying with her.
Once she was transported to a local hospital by ambulance, Weiher said doctors told her she had fractured her L2 vertebra, located in the lumbar spine.Weiher said she chose to undergo surgery as that was her only hope of being able to walk again. Weiher said what kept her going on hard days, not knowing what her future held, was her daughter, who was just learning to walk herself.
"At that point, I could stand up and barely put one foot in front of the other really, really slow, and just take a couple of steps," Weiher said. "I've gotten a lot better now and can go a lot further now, and so can she. She's everywhere now, running around."
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