{"id":3187,"date":"2022-03-30T19:09:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T19:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/teenager-paralyzed-from-tennessee-tornado-walks-again-after-3-months-today\/"},"modified":"2022-03-30T19:09:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T19:09:33","slug":"teenager-paralyzed-from-tennessee-tornado-walks-again-after-3-months-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/30\/teenager-paralyzed-from-tennessee-tornado-walks-again-after-3-months-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager Paralyzed From Tennessee Tornado Walks Again After 3 Months – TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A 14-year-old boy, who became paralyzed after a tornado tore through his home in December, has walked out of the hospital.
Kyle Koehn and his family’s home in Dresden, Tennessee, was leveled during a tornado that ripped through four states<\/a> last year.
\u201c[I] heard the house start splintering and that\u2019s the last we remember until we woke up in the field,\u201d his father, Darwin, told St. Louis NBC affiliate KSDK<\/a>.
Most of Kyle\u2019s family wound up about 180 feet from the home, while he landed a few yards away.
\u201cHe was moaning,\u201d Darwin said. \u201cAnd I said right there, \u2018That boy is hurt bad.’\u201d
Kyle says that he didn’t recall much of the pain right after it happened, but he remembers it being “cold” and “wet.”
Two weeks later, Kyle was taken to Ranken-Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.
\u201cHe had a fracture that involved every vertebrae in his back,\u201d said Dr. Connie Simmons, a pediatrician at Ranken-Jordan. \u201cHe had no feeling from his belly button, basically, down.\u201d
Kyle quickly realized that learning to walk again was not going to be easy, but his team pushed him to keep going.
\u201cThey\u2019ll make you do stuff that you think is really hard,” Kyle mentioned. “But they\u2019ll make you do it.”
Kyle’s family also couldn\u2019t be with him during the first half of his recovery because his parents were tending to their own injuries from the tornado back home.
\u201cThe first time we saw him was here six weeks later,\u201d his mother, Kimberly, said. \u201cThat\u2019s how long it took for us to recover enough to travel up here.\u201d
Despite the obstacles, Kyle persevered, going on a treadmill and working with therapists to walk down stairs.
\u201cWe knew that this was a kid that was going to fight hard,\u201d Simmons said.
12 weeks after the incident, Kyle was discharged and walked out of the hospital. His school chartered a bus to drive to St. Louis so his friends and family could greet him when walking out of the hospital.
In addition to his community, Kyle remains grateful for all the support he\u2019s received from his team of doctors and therapists.
\u201cThey\u2019ve been wonderful, couldn\u2019t ask for better,\u201d he said.
And while Kyle’s road to recovery is still underway, Simmons remains hopeful that he will “continue to improve” and “return to some fun teenage activities.”
Drew Weisholtz is a reporter for TODAY Digital, focusing on pop culture, nostalgia and trending stories. He has seen every episode of \u201cSaved by the Bell\u201d at least 50 times, longs to perfect the crane kick from \u201cThe Karate Kid\u201d and performs stand-up comedy, while also cheering on the New York Yankees and New York Giants. A graduate of Rutgers University, he is the married father of two kids who believe he is ridiculous.
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