KSHB: ‘My Life Changed’: Missouri Woman Learns To Walk Again After Doctors Remove Spinal Cord Tumor

Retired middle school teacher Teresa Janvrin faced her biggest challenge yet when a nonmalignant spinal cord tumor left her unable to walk in 2023.

Dr. Carlos A. Bagley, neurosurgeon and medical director of the Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute, had to act quickly to remove the tumor. KSHB talked with Dr. Bagley and Teresa about her road to recovery and walking again.