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Kim Manwaring was Ricky's main doctor.
金·曼瓦林是瑞奇的主治医生。
Dr. Manwaring is a brain surgeon. He was concerned.
曼瓦林医生是一位脑外科医生。他很担心。
He did not know if an operation would help Ricky.
他不知道手术是否能帮助瑞奇。
Tests showed that the coma was not Ricky's only problem.
测试表明，昏迷并不是瑞奇唯一的问题。
Even if he awoke, he would have no movement or feeling from the neck down--he was paralyzed.
即使他醒来，他脖子以下的部位也不能动，也不会有知觉——他瘫痪了。
The doctor feared he would remain that way forever.
医生担心他会永远瘫痪。
But then he saw something that gave him hope.
但后来他看到了一丝希望。
Ricky was still in a coma.
瑞奇还在昏迷中。
But Dr. Manwaring saw a small movement in Ricky's arm.
但曼瓦林医生看到瑞奇的手臂微微动了一下。
He knew that this meant the brain and spinal cord still had some connection.
他知道这意味着他的大脑和脊髓仍然还有一些联系。
An operation could possibly help.
手术可能会有帮助。
Dr Manwaring and his team decided to operate.
曼瓦林医生和他的团队决定进行手术。
The doctors connected Ricky's skull to his backbone.
医生们把瑞奇的头骨和他的脊椎连接起来。
They used long rods made of titanium metal, fixed to the bones with titanium bolts.
他们使用钛螺栓把钛金属制成的长棒固定在骨头上。
The rods bridged the break at the top of Ricky's backbone.
这些长棒连接了瑞奇脊椎顶端的断裂处。
The operation went well.
手术进行得很顺利。
36 hours after the operation Ricky surprised the doctors.
手术36小时后，瑞奇让医生们大吃一惊。
He began to move his right leg.
他的右腿开始动了。
Ten days later he moved his left leg.
十天后，他的左腿也动了。
And to communicate he would open and close his eyes.
他会以睁眼和闭眼的方式来进行交流。
Soon after that he started writing.
不久之后，他开始写字。
And finally he started speaking.
最后他开始说话了。
The doctors told Ricky he had survived an extremely serious injury to his head--internal decapitation. Ricky said:
医生告诉瑞奇，他的头部受了非常严重的伤——体内断头，但他活下来了。瑞奇说：
"The doctors started to explain things to me.
“医生开始向我解释受伤的状况。
But I had no idea what they were talking about.
但我不知道他们在说什么。
And then I understood. Decapitated is head cut off.
然后我就明白了。Decapitated的意思是“断头”。
Internal is inside. So head cut off in my body. OK."
Internal的意思是“体内的”。即头在我体内断了。懂了。"
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