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Georgia Woman Paralyzed After Routine Neck Adjustment From Chiropractor

<p>A Georgia woman with a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;man-dies-after-chugging-bottle-of-jagermeister-in-two-minutes-to-win-12-drinking-challenge&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">rare condition was left paralyzed<&sol;a> after a routine trip to her chiropractor for a neck adjustment last month&comma; and relatives are seeking financial help as her medical bills continue to mount&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wjcl&period;com&sol;article&sol;college-grad-paralyzed-after-chiropractic-visit&sol;40580526&num;"><strong>WJCL<&sol;strong><&sol;a> reported that Caitlin Jensen&comma; 28&comma; a recent Georgia Southern graduate&comma; visited a chiropractor on June 16 for an adjustment and left paralyzed and in critical condition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jensen suffered a stroke and went into cardiac arrest following the adjustment&comma; losing her pulse for ten minutes before doctors at Memorial Health stabilized her in the intensive care unit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Family members described how quickly the situation escalated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That morning we were up and talking to her before work&period; You&&num;8217&semi;re talking to her and then 30 minutes later&comma; she&&num;8217&semi;s in the hospital and now in the ICU&comma;” Jensen&&num;8217&semi;s brother&comma; Caleb Johnson told the outlet&period; &&num;8220&semi;She&&num;8217&semi;s able to open her eyes every now and then and wake up a little bit&period; And kind of move her hands to squeeze a little&period; But that&&num;8217&semi;s it&comma;” Johnson said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-facebook data-href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;foxsanantonio&sol;posts&sol;pfbid0y3BWswUisnEuM1kTvdQLjZh1V21jw1U2KZbFn7Nkuimn691K5NzPDoER4N7DeKcjl" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400"><&sol;amp-facebook><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Paralyzed After Routine Chiropractor Appointment Due To Rare Condition<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Once doctors were able to stabilize Jensen&comma; she was rushed to surgery&comma; where they were shocked to learn all four arteries had been dissected&period; They were able to repair some tears and placed a stent in one artery&comma; according to the family&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;f&sol;caitlin-jensen-medical-expenses&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;m&lowbar;pd&plus;share-sheet&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;copy&lowbar;link&lowbar;all&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;customer"><strong>GoFundMe<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A month later&comma; Jensen still remains in critical condition at the ICU at Memorial Hospital in Savannah&period; Relatives said the trauma has resulted in a traumatic brain injury&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jensen is currently conscious and able to respond to verbal commands by blinking her eyes&comma; as can wiggle her toes on her left foot&comma; however the rest of her body sits in a state of paralysis due to the injury&period; Her four dissected arteries&comma; which produce symptoms of neck pain and headaches&comma; prompted her to visit a chiropractor in an effort to alleviate the pain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>WJCL talked to Dr&period; Steve Ranicki&comma; a chiropractor who said Jensen’s condition is incredibly rare&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Those dissections will often produce symptoms of headache and neck pain&comma; which then drive people to a doctor&&num;8217&semi;s office&comma;” Dr&period; Ranicki said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Once they&&num;8217&semi;ve gone to the medical doctor or chiropractor the likelihood is&comma; unfortunately&comma; a stroke will occur&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sometimes it&&num;8217&semi;s as simple as going to a hair salon and having your neck tilted back in that bowl for an extended period of time while they&&num;8217&semi;re washing your hair&period; Or it just could be horseplay or who knows what&comma;” Ranicki added&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-facebook data-href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;darlenerae&sol;posts&sol;pfbid06go3JQ7RLvhFC9Hotps6soBexN56HGaaWAaSqGfCLb1tJPC4Vg5FbFafPCiLko1Wl" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400"><&sol;amp-facebook><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Family Seeking Financial Help As Medical Bills Mount<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Family members noted that Jensen&comma; a recent college graduate&comma; has a very simple health care plan that will not cover the majority of her mounting medical bills&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A GoFundMe for Jensen has already raised &dollar;63&comma;000 out of a &dollar;250&comma;000 goal as of Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It&&num;8217&semi;s huge just to know that people are out there supporting as we to get her into therapy&period; She&&num;8217&semi;s just a young college student with not the best health care&comma;” Johnson said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The chiropractor she visited declined to comment to WJCL&comma; citing HIPPA laws which prevent doctors from discussing patient details&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jensen’s family hopes to eventually transport her to the Shepard Center in Atlanta when she becomes stable enough to leave Memorial’s ICU&comma; according to WJCL&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"93586" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;georgia-woman-paralyzed-after-routine-neck-adjustment-from-chiropractor&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b4292fe731"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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