{"id":347,"date":"2015-04-14T12:25:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T04:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/?page_id=347"},"modified":"2015-05-06T18:01:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T10:01:59","slug":"gillian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/our-patients\/osteosarcoma\/gillian\/","title":{"rendered":"Gillian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Name of Patient: Gillian, 17 at time of treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>\u201c\u2026close to 2 years after I began my AlterG workout, I could say that I have never expected to come this far\u2026with the help of Joan and the AlterG, I found myself more hopeful and determined to be physically independent\u2026\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Condition:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diagnosed with Osteosarcoma at the 9th Thoracic Vertebra in 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Experienced numb limbs, which were fast deteriorating.<\/li>\n<li>After an operation to remove the malignant tumour, Gillian was paralysed waist down.<\/li>\n<li>In 2011, with intensive physiotherapy, Gillian progressed from wheelchair to walker, at a below-par frame of balance.<\/li>\n<li>By 2012, she was able to walk, and only walk.<\/li>\n<li>In the later part of 2012, she suffered a relapse and had to be put back on chemotherapy and radiation therapy. This second round of treatment ended at the beginning of 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experience with Steps &amp; Providence:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Early 2013, Gillian visited Joan Law. Upon consultation, Joan commenced anti-gravity training for her, starting with 5-minute walking sessions.<\/li>\n<li>The core muscle training eventually intensified into hour-long exercises, allowing Gillian to \u201crun\u201d and sweat \u2013 something that has been badly missed by the youngster.<\/li>\n<li>In less than two years, by 2014, although she could still only walk, but the increased stamina and strengthened muscles have allowed Gillian to travel overseas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about how Gillian did it, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/our-patients\/gillians-testimonial\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name of Patient: Gillian, 17 at time of treatment &nbsp; \u201c\u2026close to 2 years after I began my AlterG workout, I could say that I have never expected to come this far\u2026with the help of Joan and the AlterG, I found myself more hopeful and determined to be physically independent\u2026\u201d <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/our-patients\/osteosarcoma\/gillian\/\"> <nobr>Read More<\/nobr><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":533,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-347","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347\/revisions\/618"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepsprovidence.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}