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Machias Banshee
11-14-2003, 02:43 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-11-13-reeve-usat_x.htm


Thanks to the never ending research to help the paralyzed, Christopher Reeve, our beloved Superman, is making another step towards his recovery. :D


Thanks to a wonderful thing called a "Lung Pacemaker" he can now breathe through his nose and mouth again, for longer periods of time now, and without the cumbersome ventilator!

Post your comments here! :D
MTN889
11-14-2003, 02:51 PM
wha? i thought he could always talk, and since he can this is great news! Celebrate! Before we know it, we could get the whole superman back! :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty: :tparty:
Machias Banshee
11-14-2003, 02:53 PM
he hasnt breathed through his nose or mouth (thus no speech) for EIGHT Years! I'm really hoping they get more stuff developed soon... :thyper:
InsaneZane
11-14-2003, 02:55 PM
i particularly find this as good news.....
i was named after the man.
Christopher (Zane) Read
ha.. read and reeve are close enough
Splinter
11-14-2003, 03:16 PM
Machias, he's been able to speak for a few years now. But it was always halted and broken. Because he had to wait for the ventilator to exhale for him to be able to speak. :)
Machias Banshee
11-14-2003, 03:18 PM
hmm...I thought he'd been unable to speak without a mechanical voice box... :ohwell: Well, i fixed it...why did i read that wrong...?
MTN889
11-14-2003, 03:47 PM
Well mach all were waiting for now is a de-parylizer! Man, that day is gonna be great... the day that thing comes im gonna party!
Jephael
11-14-2003, 03:55 PM
It's good to hear he's making progress.
Machias Banshee
11-14-2003, 04:10 PM
I remember seeing a commercial once, during the Superbowl. It was CGI, of Chris getting up and walking (its from the future), and you could see people crying and such....*sighs* It looked so real.... :cry:
Duke
11-14-2003, 04:24 PM
I remember seeing a commercial once, during the Superbowl. It was CGI, of Chris getting up and walking (its from the future), and you could see people crying and such....*sighs* It looked so real.... :cry:I remember that commercial. It's probably one of the most memorable commercials ever made. I'm glad to see Reeve is making progress.
InsaneZane
11-14-2003, 04:28 PM
I too remember seeing that commercial...
:( *bites lip*

gotta feel for superman, man
Jephael
11-14-2003, 04:28 PM
LOL, that's basically what I said.
Machias Banshee
11-14-2003, 04:29 PM
I remember seeing a commercial once, during the Superbowl. It was CGI, of Chris getting up and walking (its from the future), and you could see people crying and such....*sighs* It looked so real.... :cry:I remember that commercial. It's probably one of the most memorable commercials ever made. I'm glad to see Reeve is making progress.


I wonder if anyone has a link to it... *thinks*
Jo Dawn
11-14-2003, 05:34 PM
That's great news. I find all these things they have to help people with problems like his facinating. It's so great we can come up with this stuff. :)
Mars-Chan
11-14-2003, 05:37 PM
Excuse me while I reference the Klumpps when I say:
"SUPERMAN! SUPERMAN!! SUPERMAN!!!"
YAY!!! YOU CAN DO IT! WE WANT TO SEE YOU FLY AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fugitoid Jones
11-15-2003, 09:57 PM
Yeah, it's just like in the comics, when Superman was killed by Doomsday and then came back to life. Chris was paralyzed by his horse (we'll call him Doomsday) and slowly made his recovery back to perfect health. In my opinion, he will always be the real Superman. He understood the character, he understood that Clark Kent was the complete oposite of Superman, and he understood the rest of the pyschology of the Man of Steel. Dean Cain doesn't really have it, and the kid on Smallville is ok, but he's no Christopher Reeves.