Dennis Prager says multiple doctors call his ability to speak a miracle after severe nerve damage to his diaphragm left him paralyzed. He has no brain damage. His lifelong trouble remembering names isn't new.
So let me give everybody an update, because I really believe, as I did before, in transparency. So I remain paralyzed, but the biggest work, in fact, virtually all the work that has been done has been to enable me to breathe better. Because the nerve to my, or nerves to my diaphragm, have been severely injured. In fact, a number of doctors, independently of one another, have described the fact that I am talking as, quote, a miracle. And these are not religious people. I am cognizant of how lucky I am to be able to speak. No brain damage. My inability to remember names long precedes my fall. This is true.
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