A Georgia Southern University grad, who was left paralyzed after a visit to a chiropractor, has started her recovery at the Shepherd Center in Buckhead.

After spending weeks at Memorial Health in Columbus, Caitlin Jensen has now moved to the Shepherd Center, where she is undergoing speech, occupational, physical and recreational therapy.

“There’s a lot to deal with for her now. It’s been a really big transition for her. Coming out of the ICU and that isolation, and then coming into a rehab setting,” Caitlin’s mother Darlene Jensen told WJCL-TV.

Since the incident, Darlene Jensen said she and Caitlin have been taking things day by day.

“I try not to look too far ahead because that can be very overwhelming. Every morning, we get up, we pick an outfit, we get dressed for the day, we get to work, we do the therapy. And it goes by quite quickly. The days kind of fly by,” Jensen said.

Darlene Jensen said she’s been by her daughter’s side every day. The family has set up a GoFundMe account to help with Caitlin’s medical bills.

So far, more than $100,000 has been raised to help with Caitlin’s recovery.

“We’ve been blown away by the support and very appreciative because we do have a very long road ahead of us. It helps to know those funds are there for her needs, because we don’t even know what all of her needs are going to be yet,” Darlene Jensen said. “I credit her a great deal for her attitude. I think that her positive spirit and attitude has really helped a lot.”

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