Humboldt survivor has breakthrough as support continues to pour in
In the midst of a charity hot stove event for his son’s Humboldt Broncos on Wednesday night, Tom Straschnitzki left the room to answer his phone.
It was Ryan calling from his bed in the Foothills Hospital’s spine unit with big news.
He moved his toes.
Hours earlier Ryan had been surrounded by a throng of journalists at his first press conference as the unofficial face of the Broncos, reiterating his goal of proving doctors who say he’ll never walk again wrong.
Later in the evening, during a quiet visit with a friend, the 19-year-old defenceman with no feeling below his chest willed toes on both his feet to move ever so slightly.
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