Be Perfect has provided me with assistance in more ways than I had imagined possible. They showed, and still are showing me better and smarter ways to deal with my injury with positive motivation and proving to me that it is possible to do more than the doctors and other physical therapy places ever thought. We work on gaining my spasticity levels in my legs down to where I can be much more independent. Before my injury happened I was nearly 16. I had a very active lifestyle, playing varsity football as a sophomore and college baseball scouts we watching me as that season approached. So having a place to go to that has this family, or team feeling, is awesome. All the trainers and aides look to help, not just me, but very client reach their goal to be as independent as possible and feel like life isn’t over just because they may be using a wheelchair or cane to get around for now.
Read MoreThank you for caring enough with your generosity to give us the hope and ability to regain some of what we lost. I hope to give back one day if I am able to go back to work.
Read MoreMy name is Luis Rivera and I suffer from Congenital Muscular Dystrophy and Severe Hypotonia, which I contracted at birth.
The Be Perfect Foundation has closed the gap on a need that no other social service, insurance, or program has been able to meet: access to high level therapy. I currently get therapy, at The Perfect Step "TPS", once every other week, which falls well short of what is needed to fight my contractures.
This foundation has restored hope that I will be able to meet my goal(s). The most immediate goal at the moment is being able to maintain as much range of motion in my ankles, knees, and elbows. The long term goal is to be able to eventually get a power chair that can stand me. That way I can participate in school activities at eye level with my peers.
Read MoreMy name is Frank Mortelliti and I suffered a a stroke on June 8, 2016, which affected the left side of my brain, ultimately affecting the right side of my body. I sustained a stroke, after I came home from work and after I had dinner I went to open the mail and I had a stroke in front of my family. Immediately the EMS was called and I was transported to Kaiser hospital where I was given TPA within 3 hours.
Because of your contributions I have been able to go receive therapy treatment at The Perfect Step. The Perfect Step and their therapists have helped me regain my ability to walk and use my right arm again. I am so glad there is a facility close by to assist in improving my physical limitations. Currently, I am working on regaining better balance and being able to walk with my four prong cane, while strengthening my right arm. Additionally, I hope to regain my stamina in the future because I will never sit still. My nickname was the "energizer bunny" especially at my job; that never stopped.
Read MoreAndrew Zirzow is an avid bike rider (a previous professional BMX rider and an amateur mountain bike racer) who sustained a C-6/7 spinal cord injury in February of 2017, in a mountain biking accident. For Andrew this was a routine ride through Sycamore Canyon Park in Riverside, when he went headfirst off of a jump after flying from about 10 feet up in the air. Immediately after his injury, Andrew could not move much of anything at all, let alone he did not have the ability to scratch his face, take a drink of water, or feed himself. However, much has changed since then (as he has transitioned from being in a wheelchair full-time to walking with a cane) through very hard work.
Read MoreAnthony Chavez, 36, previously lived his life from the perspective of about 15 feet in the air, generally descending towards the water at some point to land his next great trick on a wakeboard. Now, Anthony propels himself on ground-level and is ascending towards his next big trick of walking away from his wheelchair. As a previous professional wake boarder, Anthony has a mentality that will not let him stop until he reaches his next big trick, but if he ever need any more motivation he has an incredible family to fall back onto of great parents, a supportive wife Amanda, and two sons Parker (8) and Greyson (2).
Read MoreNick Aguayo, 17, was experiencing a much different daily life in September 2018. As a senior stand out at Wilson High School (West Covina, California), the quarterback and leader of the football team, the star on the basketball team, an elite track star, and a social kid, Nick was living a life that was constantly filled with places to go, people to see, and things to do.
“Aguayo with another touchdown!“ This was familiar background noise for Nick, as he was a mobile quarterback who could escape the pocket, run for first downs, or on the rubber track he could out-run anybody in the 100 yard dash. This was all up until the night of September 28, 2018.
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Jeff Merritt was injured on October 9, 2016 in Indio, CA, while he was on duty as a Motor Sargent, after he was hit by a car driven by a lady who was texting and driving. Jeff suffered an L-1 spinal cord injury, seven broken ribs, a broken left wrist, a broken left clavicle, and a broken right tibia. After his stay at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, he was transferred to Casa Colina, until he was released from acute care in March of 2017.
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My name is Alexander “Al or Albee” Harris. During my first pro motocross race, on August 19, 2018, my foot got pulled off of the bikes foot pegs and I went flipping over the handlebars, suffering a C-5 incomplete spinal cord injury.
Be Perfect has made a tremendous difference in my life and assisted in a great way. Because of Be Perfect, I get valuable time at The Perfect Step which has helped me regain a tremendous amount of movement and allows me more independence.
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