{"id":50271,"date":"2018-02-07T16:10:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T21:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=50271"},"modified":"2018-02-07T16:10:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T21:10:36","slug":"wcpo-tv-wright-states-ryan-custer-living-life-to-the-fullest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/02\/07\/wcpo-tv-wright-states-ryan-custer-living-life-to-the-fullest\/","title":{"rendered":"WCPO-TV: Wright State’s Ryan Custer, living life to the fullest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ryan Custer<\/p><\/div>\n

Ryan Custer is a loving son and brother, a loyal friend and teammate. He\u2019s also an inspiration.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old has a passion for basketball, eats three Chick-fil-A sandwiches for lunch when his former coach visits, and is interested in the stock market. He keeps any room light with his jokes.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-7, 200-pound former basketball standout, at his core,\u00a0is a fighter.<\/p>\n

There is a spirit of determination that knows no bounds this winter as Custer lives with a partial paralysis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI say all the time that Ryan carries the day,\u201d his father, George Custer said. \u201cHis attitude is awesome. Every morning he has a smile on his face. He looks at it bravely and carries on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nearly 10 months after the\u00a0Wright State basketball player and former Elder High School standout\u00a0<\/a>suffered a critical spinal cord injury in which he shattered his C5 vertebrae in a makeshift pool accident near Miami University, his approach to life has impacted more people than he could ever imagine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought I was going to be a kid who did not want to go out at all and just sit in my room and feel sorry for myself,\u201d Ryan said in the family\u2019s living room in late January. \u201cAs soon as I realized that this couldn\u2019t beat me I started fighting it and never looked back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The choice to enjoy life wasn\u2019t always easy in the first few months. He was in the intensive care for two weeks\u00a0at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after the incident.<\/p>\n

He had therapy in Chicago and Denver before returning back home more than four\u00a0months later (Aug. 30).<\/p>\n

There are still good and bad days for Ryan and his parents, George and Kim, and his three siblings — Nick, Danielle and Mckenzie.<\/p>\n

Ryan wants\u00a0to make the most out of every day despite not having feeling below his chest.<\/p>\n

His therapist recently told the family that Ryan is able to stand for 25 minutes on a standing frame with support from others for his balance.<\/p>\n

However, the injection of some 10 million stem cells last summer in Chicago has not had the impact the family had hoped for at this point. There are other possible studies that could help him in the future, but Ryan and his family\u00a0have\u00a0to remain patient. It is a test of faith.<\/p>\n

Nights can still be lonely at times; his mind can start to wander. But\u00a0mornings bring new promise.<\/p>\n

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