Colorado Doctor Tells Patient Who Can’t Use Her Legs To Go for a Walk During Recovery: ‘I Literally Just Pointed at My Wheelchair’

A hospitalized woman in Denver, Colorado, was told by a doctor to go for a walk to aid her recovery. She, however, can’t feel or use her legs and just pointed toward her wheelchair in response. The doctor, who is supposed to know her medical history, was embarrassed, to say the least.

@rileyfenn

got prescribed walking for the 3rd time since my injury for my severe gastroporesis, intestinal dysmotility, malabsorption, cipo, and colonic failure as if would magically heal my spinal cord and make me be able to eat and shit properly again. crazy. @ HOSPITAL ADMIN – DO BETTER! STAFF BETTER!! FIX THE RATIOS! THE DOCTORS, NURSES, CNAS, TRANSPORTERS, HOUSEKEEPING, FOOD SERVICE WORKERS YOUR HOSPITAL RUNS OF THE BACKS OF DESERVE BETTER!! #mentalhealthmatters #spinalcordinjury #healthcare…

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