At her home in Lachute, Que., Jeanne Carrière pulls her wheelchair up to the kitchen counter and cuts an apple into slices. For Carrière, this is a big deal — she’s using her hands in a way she never thought she would again.
Carrière, who’s quadriplegic, had been unable to use her hands or lower body after breaking her neck in 2021. While she had been able to regain some movement in her arms, that wasn’t the case for her hands.
But in July 2022, she underwent surgery at Montreal’s Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital that has given her back some of what she lost.
The 27-year-old screenwriter now lives in
