Health · Fitness & Nutrition · 1 day ago
A recumbent bicycle helps a couple adapt after a life-changing illness
In 2021, Menno became critically ill after a bacterial infection and was admitted to hospital.
Doctors feared he might die, but he survived.
The illness left him with a spinal cord injury and brain damage.
He and his partner, Willemijn van Sandick, then had to adjust to a very different life.
They found that difficult, and buying a recumbent bicycle brought some relief.
The bicycle helped them make something positive out of a difficult situation.
The account does not say what they plan to do next.
In 2021, Willemijn van Sandick’s partner Menno was hospitalized after a bacterial infection.
Doctors feared he would die, but he survived.
He was left with a spinal cord injury and brain damage and had to learn to live with both.
Buying a recumbent bicycle brought relief to the couple.
- Who
- Willemijn van Sandick and her partner Menno.
- What
- A recumbent bicycle helped bring relief as Menno adapted to life with a spinal cord injury and brain damage.
- When
- The infection happened in 2021; the bicycle purchase date is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Menno had to adapt after a bacterial infection left him with a spinal cord injury and brain damage.
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Menno was hospitalized after a bacterial infection, and doctors feared for his life.
Menno survived but had to learn to live with a spinal cord injury and brain damage.
Willemijn and Menno bought a recumbent bicycle, which brought relief.
- Infection year
- 2021
- Person hospitalized
- Menno
- Cause of hospitalization
- Bacterial infection
- After-effects
- Spinal cord injury and brain damage
- Purchase
- Recumbent bicycle
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