I'm just stating that if there had a cure for spinal cord injury damage, Christopher Reeve would not have been trapped in his wheelchair to develop the sores that got infected, etc... And that would also make the same difference for the ratbastard, who wouldn't have to fight the fight that you're describing.

That's what I'm getting at. And given the things that Christopher Reeve did accomplish toward a return to sensation and mobility, well beyond what anyone ever expected he could do, who's to say how far off the cure would be if the money were in the research pot and the stem cells sufficiently available?