16-year-old Michael Overcomes Brain & Spinal Cord Injury Helen Hayes Hospital Honors Assembly 2023.

At only 16 years old, Michael McPike was tragically hit by a motor vehicle, suffering a traumatic brain injury, multiple injuries to his spine, leg fractures, nerve injuries, and other complications which left him in a coma. When he entered Helen Hayes Hospital for physical rehabilitation, he was still in a minimally unconscious state, presented with quadriplegia, and was unable to breathe or eat on his own. Over the course of 9 months, however, Mikey’s recovery was extraordinary-he relearned to walk, talk, and care for himself, and even took and passed a NYS Regents exam while in inpatient care!
Mikey was presented with the Helen Hayes MacArthur Rose Award at the 123rd Helen Hayes Hospital Honors Assembly on September 19, 2023. Please visit our RUclips Channel for more inspirational honorees from the 2023 Honors Assembly. For more info about inpatient and outpatient rehab, please call 1-888-70-REHAB or visit www.helenhayeshospital.org.

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Congratulations ❤