Progressive weakness: Spinal cord compression refers to physical compression of the cervical or thoracic spinal cord. This can occur from injury, infection or tumors. There is also chronic compression from stenosis (narrowing of the spinal confines). The symptoms and outcome vary depending on the cause and the location.
Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 â April 8, 1990) was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after failing to be re-admitted to school following an AIDS diagnosis.
Born in San Clemente, California in 1989, Ryan Sheckler got his start on a skateboard at 18 months old with the help from has dad. By the time he was 4 he was already doing ollies, and at 6 years old he was skating every day. Naturally as a child skateboarder he began competing at a young age. In 2003 Ryan Sheckler has become a professional, and at 13 years old he became the youngest competitor in X Games history to win a gold medal. Always one driven to win, Ryan Sheckler has taken home a total of 5 medals from the X Games, 3 of them being gold.