Riven's Recovery

WE HAVE REACHED OUR GOAL!!!!  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS!! I WILL POST MORE INFORMATION SOON! WE ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL!!! BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL!
Hello this is the Adams' Family, Riven's family.  I am Riven's  Momma, Bronwyn Bell-Adams. Riven was involved in a motor vehicle accident on May 1, 2020. He sustained life threatening internal injuries, which have now healed. However, he also sustained a spinal cord injury, which left him paralyzed from the chest down.

He is a life loving, dog loving, football (actually all sports) loving, out going wonderful child. He loves to be with his classmates at school, watch his team mates play sports and play with his crazy dogs. He remains positive and optimistic about the future. He is the class clown and flirt!

Riven's greatest aspiration has always been to play football. He played in our local school league until the accident. He was also a member of the basketball, soccer and swim teams. He is an all around athlete.

He has achieved all of his goals in physical therapy rehabilitation for his condition, so we are no longer eligible for intense out patient therapy. We have been traveling 3 hours one way to our facility. It is tiring for him to sit in the vehicle for this amount of time.

His rehabilitation physician has prescribed a piece of equipment that would have a dramatic impact on his daily life. He has developed scoliosis due to the accident, which impacts his bodily functions. He has lost all muscle tone in his lower body. It would rebuild his muscle structure in his abdomen, buttocks and legs. We spent 2 weeks in Birmingham at Children's Hospital making sure this would be the best choice for him. It would improve his daily life dramatically, however, it is not covered by insurance and it is very expensive. The machine is made by Restorative Therapies and is a RT-300. We believe it will be life changing, as well as, give him the best outcome to be a candidate for treatments in the future.

We understand if you cannot contribute monetarily, we know these are difficult times for everyone, please keep us in your prayers as we continue on with our "new" normal. Peace and love to you all!