WATCH: Wheelchair bound GAA star Jamie Wall walks with aid of an Exo-skeleton
Jamie Wall received a thunderous reception and a standing ovation when he walked into a reception at the Rochestown Park hotel with the aid of an Exo-skeleton.
Jamie, who was a dual star at underage level for Cork, had his life turned upside down last summer when a bacterial illness led to an abscess on his spine.
He was operated on, but the compression on his spine left him unable to move his legs and confined to a wheelchair.
The 23-year-old has refused to give up on recovery from the illness,
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“I haven’t given up on walking again. The odds aren’t what I’d like them to be, but so what?”
Jamie has been using the device up to three times a week to simulate walking movements and was a special guest at a Gala Lunch at the Rochestown Park Hotel to mark the 25th anniversary of the double All-Ireland wins.
All proceeds from the night went to the Friends of Jamie Wall fund and the Dessie Fitzgerald injury fund.
H/T: Irish Examiner
