A former nurse who had to learn how to walk again is now looking to complete a half marathon. Sian Jenkins, 60, from Ruddington was left unable to walk after suffering a Epidural Abscess infection, which resulted in spinal cord compression and a spinal cord injury.
Mrs Jenkins was struck by the injury while working as a theatre scrub nurse QMC during Covid's first wave in August 2020. But now after two years of rehab she will take part in the Robin Hood Half Marathon's 13.1 mile route through Nottingham on Sunday, September 25.
"I worked at Queen's Medical Centre since 1988, spent most of my career as a theatre scrub nurse in the Ear, Nose and Throat department. I was working during the first stage of the pandemic but then in August 2020, we were obviously just in the pandemic and I was helping in ICU," Mrs Jenkins explained.
