Connecticut neurosurgeon helps stroke patients with rehabilitation device
FOX 61
[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '6.160', 'text': 'It is a story of rehab and recovery. And'}, {'start': '3.200', 'end': '9.440', 'text': 'for stroke victims, it all starts with a'}, {'start': '6.160', 'end': '11.920', 'text': 'small shock to the system. It was just'}, {'start': '9.440', 'end': '13.519', 'text': "any other day. I was at work. I didn't"}, {'start': '11.920', 'end': '15.280', 'text': 'know I was having a stroke like a lot of'}, {'start': '13.519', 'end': '17.279', 'text': 'people. My balance was off. Everything'}, {'start': '15.280', 'end': '20.400', 'text': 'was still kind of off. Once I got into'}, {'start': '17.279', 'end': '23.119', 'text': 'the hospital was then I lost all use of'}, {'start': '20.400', 'end': '25.359', 'text': 'my left side. It was 2 years ago when'}, {'start': '23.119', 'end': '28.800', 'text': 'Lisa Donigan endured a series of'}, {'start': '25.359', 'end': '31.599', 'text': 'lifealtering battles. It was pretty, you'}, {'start': '28.800', 'end': '34.320', 'text': 'know, catastrophic that day when simple'}, {'start': '31.599', 'end': '36.239', 'text': "steps became giant leaps. It's different"}, {'start': '34.320', 'end': '37.920', 'text': "when it happens to you and it's hard"}, {'start': '36.239', 'end': '40.480', 'text': "when you don't know what's going on."}, {'start': '37.920', 'end': '42.800', 'text': 'After suffering a stroke, the mom of'}, {'start': '40.480', 'end': '45.520', 'text': 'three from Asheford has been part of a'}, {'start': '42.800', 'end': '47.920', 'text': 'marathon and miraculous path to get back'}, {'start': '45.520', 'end': '49.440', 'text': 'on her feet. My attitude was, you know,'}, {'start': '47.920', 'end': '50.879', 'text': 'what am I going to do to get better? Cuz'}, {'start': '49.440', 'end': '53.680', 'text': "of course I'm going to get better."}, {'start': '50.879', 'end': '57.039', 'text': "Lisa's road to recovery started at Yukon"}, {'start': '53.680', 'end': '59.680', 'text': 'Health with this. The team implanted a'}, {'start': '57.039', 'end': '62.559', 'text': 'device called a vivim for stroke'}, {'start': '59.680', 'end': '65.519', 'text': 'victims. It stimulates nerve pathways to'}, {'start': '62.559', 'end': '68.000', 'text': 'the brain. So I have this vagus nerve'}, {'start': '65.519', 'end': '70.720', 'text': 'stimulator implanted and the therapy is'}, {'start': '68.000', 'end': '73.520', 'text': "a functional therapy and it's basically"}, {'start': '70.720', 'end': '76.680', 'text': 'using the vag nerve to stimulate new'}, {'start': '73.520', 'end': '78.479', 'text': 'neuroplasticity. It is a veagal nerve'}, {'start': '76.680', 'end': '81.680', 'text': 'stimulator. What the heck does that'}, {'start': '78.479', 'end': '84.240', 'text': 'mean? Known as the stem doctor, Yukon'}, {'start': '81.680', 'end': '86.799', 'text': 'assistant professor of neurosurgery'}, {'start': '84.240', 'end': '90.479', 'text': 'Chris Connor is the only doctor in the'}, {'start': '86.799', 'end': '92.320', 'text': 'state performing these procedures. It is'}, {'start': '90.479', 'end': '94.560', 'text': "very new to us and it's very new to"}, {'start': '92.320', 'end': '97.680', 'text': "everyone. For now, it's available only"}, {'start': '94.560', 'end': '100.400', 'text': 'in the US. Lisa is just the 10th patient'}, {'start': '97.680', 'end': '103.920', 'text': 'in Connecticut to receive the FDA'}, {'start': '100.400', 'end': '105.840', 'text': 'approved vivid stem or VNS system. So'}, {'start': '103.920', 'end': '107.759', 'text': 'this is the wire which actually goes'}, {'start': '105.840', 'end': '110.720', 'text': 'into the neck and wraps around the'}, {'start': '107.759', 'end': '112.079', 'text': 'veagal nerve. And then this is the real'}, {'start': '110.720', 'end': '114.079', 'text': 'kind of like one of the real magical'}, {'start': '112.079', 'end': '116.000', 'text': 'components of the whole system. This is'}, {'start': '114.079', 'end': '118.320', 'text': 'a little clicker. I tell the patients'}, {'start': '116.000', 'end': '120.399', 'text': "it's like clicker training uh for dogs"}, {'start': '118.320', 'end': '121.600', 'text': "except it's for patients and it's like a"}, {'start': '120.399', 'end': '123.439', 'text': 'little battery and a little wire which'}, {'start': '121.600', 'end': '125.119', 'text': 'wraps around the nerve and delivers'}, {'start': '123.439', 'end': '127.920', 'text': 'electricity when you need it. In West'}, {'start': '125.119', 'end': '131.039', 'text': 'Hartford, her rehab has been ongoing and'}, {'start': '127.920', 'end': '133.360', 'text': 'I know one of your goals was typing. So'}, {'start': '131.039', 'end': '135.160', 'text': "let's see how we do. Lisa is now working"}, {'start': '133.360', 'end': '137.920', 'text': 'with the team at Hartford'}, {'start': '135.160', 'end': '140.959', 'text': "Healthcare and seemingly she's weathered"}, {'start': '137.920', 'end': '143.200', 'text': "the storm. And so it's not a magic"}, {'start': '140.959', 'end': '144.800', 'text': 'device that makes uh recovery happen'}, {'start': '143.200', 'end': '146.640', 'text': 'instantaneously, but if you want to'}, {'start': '144.800', 'end': '148.319', 'text': 'think of stroke as a tornado or'}, {'start': '146.640', 'end': '150.640', 'text': 'hurricane, it comes in and does its'}, {'start': '148.319', 'end': '153.760', 'text': "damage. Um, and so we're trying to build"}, {'start': '150.640', 'end': '156.560', 'text': 'new pathways around that damage.'}, {'start': '153.760', 'end': '159.040', 'text': 'Perhaps this is proof that Lisa and'}, {'start': '156.560', 'end': '160.800', 'text': 'patients like her will find their rhythm'}, {'start': '159.040', 'end': '163.519', 'text': 'once again.'}, {'start': '160.800', 'end': '165.879', 'text': "I don't want to be at 70%. I don't want"}, {'start': '163.519', 'end': '169.040', 'text': 'to be at 60%, I want to be at'}, {'start': '165.879', 'end': '171.519', 'text': '110%. I want to be hiking and dancing'}, {'start': '169.040', 'end': '173.040', 'text': "and, you know, maybe running. We're"}, {'start': '171.519', 'end': '174.640', 'text': "seeing the future right now. We're going"}, {'start': '173.040', 'end': '176.800', 'text': 'to get to see how much improvement she'}, {'start': '174.640', 'end': '178.720', 'text': "gets just over time. And I think it's"}, {'start': '176.800', 'end': '180.800', 'text': "just going to build on itself and she's"}, {'start': '178.720', 'end': '182.800', 'text': "really it's really like an accelerant"}, {'start': '180.800', 'end': '184.800', 'text': "for her and that's the that's the really"}, {'start': '182.800', 'end': '188.000', 'text': 'awesome thing. Lisa, the best part of'}, {'start': '184.800', 'end': '189.920', 'text': 'this journey has been what? The best'}, {'start': '188.000', 'end': '192.480', 'text': 'part of my journey has been that I feel'}, {'start': '189.920', 'end': '194.720', 'text': "like I'm almost bionic now and I really"}, {'start': '192.480', 'end': '196.440', 'text': 'feel like I have a support team and a'}, {'start': '194.720', 'end': '198.480', 'text': "care team that that'll go with me"}, {'start': '196.440', 'end': '200.000', 'text': "everywhere. So that's the thing that's"}, {'start': '198.480', 'end': '202.480', 'text': "been tremendous. So I'm filled with"}, {'start': '200.000', 'end': '207.200', 'text': 'gratitude for where I am now in West'}, {'start': '202.480', 'end': '207.200', 'text': 'Hartford. Jim Alman, Fox 61.'}]