PHOENIX — In 2016, Melody Nosworthy seemed to have it all. The model and fitness instructor was finishing her master’s degree and had just completed the Las Vegas Marathon. But less than a month later, a workplace fall turned her world upside down.
The injury led to a diagnosis of dysautonomia, a condition that caused her to lose consciousness when standing or exerting herself. The once high-octane athlete found herself in a wheelchair, told by doctors that walking again would be impossible.
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