Forever Changing the Recovery Outcome of Spinal Cord Injury
Walking With Anthony | 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization
Stand Up For a Cause
Walking With Anthony Believes That Everyone With a Spinal Cord Injury Should Have Equal Access To Life-Altering Medical Care
With your help, our heroes with Spinal Cord Injury can get through the hopeless despair and get financial assistance for the treatment they desperately need. Much hard work lies ahead for families affected by SCI.
Our Grant Program
Walking With Anthony’s donation funded grant program was created to provide urgent rehabilitation grants and access to essential recovery resources for those recently affected by spinal cord injuries. This emergency initiative helps bridge the impossible gap between what insurance covers—and what recovery truly requires. Without immediate support, those injured may never walk—or live independently—again.
Meet Micki & Anthony
In the late morning of February 6, 2010, Anthony Purcell dove into the waters of Miami Beach, something he’d done many times before without incident. This time, he misjudged the depth of his landing spot, broke his neck, and bruised the C5 and C6 vertabrae in his spine. He injured his spinal cord. He was paralyzed, unable to resurface from the water on his own.
These WARRIORS Need Your Help:
With your help, our heroes can get stronger, live healthier, and have the opportunity to walk again.
Let’s take these first steps… together.
I was born with hypermobile Ehlers-Dahnlos Syndrome, but it didn’t really affect me until I was around 15 or 16. I did have issues growing up as a result, such as hip, knee, and ankle pain as early as 5 years old, along with chronic ankle sprains and fractures.
I fell down suddenly without anything happen to me and since not able to stand because it damage my spinal cord and hence no body movement till now.I only move my head and neck.
I underwent scheduled surgery in July 2023 and there were complications during surgery where I experienced a loss of blood (2.5 liters), spinal cord reprofusion injury (aka white cord syndrome).
Commuting home from work on 1/2/2024, I had a bicycle accident, which left me with paralyzed due to an incomplete injury at C4. I had emergent decompression surgery and fusing of C3-C6.
December 30, I got in my friends backseat to go watch the movie Babylon. I was in the backseat of 1985 car and did not know where the lap belt was. As soon as my friend got onto I94, he spun out and a semi hit us. My head hit the soft top of the car and I was expelled onto the street.
My accident occurred trying to reach the United States across the border when a car at high speeds lost control with a spinal cord injury at level t4-t5, hemothorax of both lungs and a fractured collarbone.