The Wonder of Noel Fitzpatrick

Nigel had a freak accident where he leapt in the air for a ball and twisted so vigorously that he broke his own back. His spinal cord exploded and the spinal fluid shot out like a bullet and severed his spinal cord and vertebrae. By the time he landed, he was paralyzed. And then he miraculously went to the super vet and was miraculously cooked because when he went, he had one leg which was not working at all. It was just dragging like a piece of string. We carried him in, I remember on a Monday morning, and when collected him about 10 days later, and he walked out to the car and jumped in the car. This was the wonder of