BRINKLEY ALMOST PARALYSED BY SKI ACCIDENT

Last updated: Thursday, June 7, 2007

BRINKLEY ALMOST PARALYSED BY SKI ACCIDENT

Former supermodel CHRISTIE BRINKLEY was "very, very close" to being paralysed and losing a leg before she underwent an emergency operation on her back in February (07).

The 53-year-old suffered her injury during a skiing accident in December (06), but it wasn't until two months later her serious spine injury was detected.

Brinkley says, "I was really lucky. They said I was very, very close to severing my spinal cord.

"I could have lost my leg. The doctor said unless I did the surgery immediately, I would only have a 30 per cent chance of the leg recovering."

Source: WENN

| Thursday, June 7, 2007

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