Alexis Evans
“It is difficult to put into words how grateful I am to Be Perfect and their donors for supporting me. Be Perfect’s contribution has allowed me to receive amazing physical therapy and subsequently improve my quality of life.”
Hello, my name is Alexis Evans! I sustained a C1-C2 spinal cord injury from a motor vehicle accident on December 21, 2021. I was driving to work on the 91 Freeway in Anaheim when I came to a stop for traffic. The driver behind me failed to slow down, rear-ending me at full highway speed. The impact caused my skull to dislocate from my spine, known as an internal decapitation. The initial prognosis was grim, but I quickly began to show signs of improvement that were previously thought to be impossible by my doctors.
After about a year of rehabilitation, despite my continuing improvement, my insurance decided to stop paying for physical therapy. It was around this time that I found The Perfect Step. The Be Perfect Foundation then awarded me a scholarship to attend The Perfect Step. This financial assistance allowed me to regain an active lifestyle, returning to therapy at The Perfect Step twice a week. Getting back into physical therapy and seeing myself continue to improve after having to take a break from therapy helped re-instill hope back into my life. I maintain hope for the future as my specialists help me to achieve my goals.
Coming into The Perfect Step, a couple of my major goals were to transition to a manual wheelchair and to stand unassisted. I’m proud to say that I have made significant improvements in both of these areas. I have successfully pushed myself in a manual wheelchair and am currently in the process of getting a manual chair of my own. I have also been working on my standing balance, seemingly improving every session, to the point where I was recently able to maintain my balance without any physical assistance from anyone or anything. With the support of the Be Perfect Foundation and The Perfect Step, I continue to work towards other goals like independently transferring and walking unassisted. I am confident that Be Perfect and The Perfect Step will ultimately help me achieve these goals as well.
It is difficult to put into words how grateful I am to Be Perfect and their donors for supporting me. Be Perfect’s contribution has allowed me to receive amazing physical therapy and subsequently improve my quality of life. Today I can confidently say that I am feeling stronger both mentally and physically than before I started at The Perfect Step. These improvements were only possible thanks to the incredible generosity of the Be Perfect Foundation and donors. Because of Be Perfect, I am once again excited for what the future holds.