Paraplegic man tells his dad he has regained feeling in his leg in ‘happiest moment of his life’

The Independent

A paraplegic man surprised his dad with the news that he has regained feeling in one leg.  Richard Reynolds, 30, broke his neck in a snowboarding accident that left him paralysed. However, in an emotional surprise video, bedbound Richard is seen telling his dad Ron Reynolds, that he has regained some feeling in his right leg.  Ron, 56, is visibly emotional and reaches out to touch his son's leg.  He said: "It was one of the most wonderful things I have ever heard.  "I just cried like a baby. Happiest moment of my life."

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00:00 Go to the right side of my calf.

00:10 Kind of slide that right there.

00:16 More deep pressure on my feet.

00:19 You're on my foot right now.

00:20 I can tell.

00:21 And I can feel my butt.

00:22 You can feel your butt?

00:23 I can feel my butt cheek.

00:24 So I can't poke it no more?

00:25 I can feel my right side of my butt cheek.

00:26 I can actually feel all the way down my right side.

00:33 Really?

00:34 Almost, yeah.

00:35 It's coming back.

00:38 There's two things that they think.

00:40 There's an actual thing that it's called where one side comes back, one side doesn't.

00:49 And there's a possibility that it's all going to come back.

00:53 If I go to an incomplete, my chances shoot up by 80% overnight.

01:00 It's kind of f***ing crazy, right?

01:06 Yeah.

01:07 It's pretty cool.

01:08 I thought you'd be happy because they were feeling down my whole side and they were astonished.

01:15 They're like, "You can actually feel that?"

01:17 It's like, "Yeah, you're on my leg right now."

01:24 So I can feel underneath my leg.

01:33 I know.

01:34 She's a happy puppy.

01:35 She's a happy puppy.

01:36 What?

01:37 Yeah, I'm okay.

01:38 She's a don't cry, dad.

01:39 I know.

01:40 I know.

01:41 I know.

01:42 I know.

01:43 I know.

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