Eleni, quadriplegic, late-in-life new mom
“I’ve done everything I would have done if I were walking; I just did it differently.” This pretty much sums up Eleni Koudounari, the first quadriplegic woman to give birth in Cyprus.
Her first son is 20 years old - born just two years after the accident - the car she was riding passenger in overturned after the driver fell asleep. "I knocked my spine on the roof of the car and I broke my spinal cord,” said Koudounari.
Koudounari had her second child, daughter Dahlia, at Limassol General Hospital on Wednesday morning surrounded by her husband and a medical team.
Having a new baby, especially when it is later on in life, is daunting at the best of times. But Koudounari, who was born in South Africa along with her sister to Greek Cypriot parents and lived there until 2006, is refreshingly upbeat over the task ahead.
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