By Robert KlynsmithBy Robert Klynsmith
CAPE TOWN, South Africa--Caroline Couch, daughter of Durban member Julia Couch, was injured in the Aug. 25 bomb blast at the Planet Hollywood restaurant.
Caroline sustained injuries to her spinal cord, and some shrapnel pierced her lungs and her liver. Initially, she was thought to be paralyzed from the waist down, but a few days later she was able to move a foot.
Her injury was reported in the Cape Times: "In five weeks a Durban woman was to have been married.
"But the bomb blast at Planet Hollywood on Tuesday night, which claimed one man's life, has [delayed] her plans for now.
"On Tuesday, Caroline Couch, 30, a recruitment manager with a gym in Durban, flew down to Cape Town where she was to have attended a conference yesterday. She got off the plane and decided to walk around the Waterfront. She then went to the restaurant and not long after that, the bomb went off."
By Sept. 2, Caroline was looking better, although she was still experiencing a great deal of pain. A neurologist indicated she could walk again. However, doctors feel it is still too early to make a full prognosis of her condition. They emphasized that she needs to be prepared for a long period of convalescence.
The plan is to fly Caroline to her hometown in Durban as soon as she is well enough to be moved.
Robert Klynsmith pastors the Cape Town, South Africa, churches.
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