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Teen Stroke Victim Set To Receive Custom Electric Wheelchair From Gillette's Children's Hospital

"Doctors were so surprised...They said, 'Natalie, you're a miracle.'"

The 15-year-old from Blaine suffered two strokes last year and fell into a coma. She came out of it paralyzed and unable to speak.
The 15-year-old from Blaine suffered two strokes last year and fell into a coma. She came out of it paralyzed and unable to speak. (CBS)

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A gift from Gillette Children's Hospital is about to change a Minnesota teenager's life.

Guided by the strength of her own hand, Natalie Bolanos was moving in an electric wheelchair through the halls of the St. Paul hospital Wednesday.

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