Paralyzed Milwaukee patient takes steps [Video]

There’s a story of triumph at Aurora West Allis Medical Center on Tuesday.A Milwaukee patient is walking again after a childhood accident that left them paralyzed.Oliver Nepper is walking thanks to new wearable technology.For about a year now, during weekly physical therapy sessions, Nepper leaves the wheelchair and walks.”I haven’t been doing any sort of walking in over a decade before this,” Nepper said. “So, it’s kind of just like we’re in new territory here. Let’s try it.”Nepper is doing so, thanks to the exoskeleton.”It’s a wearable robotic device that helps with overground or walking training,” said Sarah Danforth, the rehab supervisor. “It’s really amazing.”It’s a difficult task for Nepper because of a spinal cord injury from childhood.”And then from there through preschool and elementary school, I walked with braces, walkers, and canes,” Nepper said. “And then, at the end of elementary school, I moved into the wheelchair full-time.”Nepper never …