What were the nature of Lyena’s injuries?
Lyena fractured the 11th thoracic vertebra (T11) which is located just above the middle of her spine. The fracturing did not impact her spinal cord though and, alone, might not have caused paralysis. But unfortunately, Lyena also dislocated her spine at T10/T11. The dislocation crushed Lyena’s spinal cord, damaging or killing many of her nerves. As a result, Lyena is completely paralyzed from the waist down.
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