So he developed products which worked based on refined Jasmine. He went through thousands of products from the most expensive to the cheapest but to no avail, because he had such terrible circulation and he couldn't sweat out the toxins. ![]() His father is a doctor and helped him develop his business, "Clark Botanicals" which consists of skin care products he developed out of necessity because he was so grossed out by his own skin problems, and the lack of any products to treat his skin. He gives all credit to his family, a large loving supportive and extremely intelligent and resourceful group of people. He went to China for an important operation he travelled 3 hours a day to get to the best physical therapy center he went to an experimental program in Detroit where he and his mother lived in a dorm in the dead of winter so he could use the "walking machine" that Chris Reeves had made famous and quite incredibly, at the beginning of his treatment, he sang for up to 4 hours a day in the hospital to build up his lungs and expel fluids so that he didn't have to suffer through the suctioning which he found so painful. What differentiates this book from other medical stories is that the author is incredibly relentless in his pursuit of a cure, not just improvement. This book, although a fast read that you can finish in one evening takes the reader through the long journey that the author travelled to painfully and slowly reach the stage where, at the age of 30, he has his own business and is a world ambassador for one of the Chris Reeves foundations and serves on numerous other boards. He was told that he would not be able to even breathe on his own, but he met this challenge and has recovered many former functions. The author, at the age of 24 was an assistant editor at Bazzar magazine in NYC, when he severed his spine following a dive into the shallow end of a swimming pool. ![]() ![]() Walking Papers is the inspiring story of how, with individual determination and unconditional family support, Francesco Clark overcame extreme adversity and achieved an extraordinary triumph.įrom now on, I am going to use this book as inspiration every time I feel any little aches or pains in my aging body. Seven years after the accident, Francesco continues to improve and to surprise his doctors-for instance, he can now work on a computer. The lessons Francesco learned about persistence from his recovery process, and the loving support of his amazing family, have both contributed to his incredible business success. Now CB products are sold worldwide in stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue, and the company has won many major fashion awards and is enjoyed by a host of celebrities. He and his father began to experiment, and the Clark's Botanicals skin-care line was born. Francesco's accident also left him unable to sweat out toxins, leaving his complexion poor. Soon he astounded the medical establishment with his progress. Many doctors discourage patients with spinal cord injury from pursuing physical therapy beyond very basic movements, but Francesco embarked on a five-hour daily regimen, including the treadmill program that Christopher Reeve had made famous. Francesco moved back home with his parents and began the long process toward recovery. To avoid having his lungs painfully suctioned, he sang, loudly, for hours-and that was just the beginning. His father, a doctor himself, investigated every opportunity for experimental treatment, and Francesco used every resource available to speed his recovery. Within days, he was breathing on his own. Paralyzed from the neck down, Francesco was told by his doctors that he would never move from his bed or even breathe without assistance. Francesco Clark was a twenty-four-year-old with a bright future when he went to Long Island for the weekend-but a nocturnal dive into the pool's shallow end changed everything, forever. ![]() Walking Papers is the incredibly inspiring story of a young man who wouldn't give up.
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