Al Higginbotham

Back in 1995 I was entertaining clients on a hunting trip in Alabama when a tree collapsed, crushing my spine. I couldn’t move. I was in horrible pain and knew my legs were blown out. Five vertebrae were damaged in the accident, requiring extensive surgery. While I was told I wouldn’t walk again, I had faith that I would. I went home to learn a new life as a paraplegic fully confined to my wheelchair. A good friend suggested a bone transplant surgery that may relieve the pain and perhaps enable me to walk. By January of 1996 I was out of the chair, using a walker. I now use hand canes to walk and have hiked the Grinnell Glacier in Montana, love to catch the waves, and enjoy camping with my wife and two children.