09/08/2026
We love our Abby!
An early June diving accident at Overland Park's Young's Pool left Shawnee Mission West junior Abby Buell with an incomplete spinal injury and 58 days at Children's Mercy Hospital.
She's home now, using a motorized wheelchair, doing physical therapy four afternoons a week and taking an online class to make up for the one she misses. Her parents got an accessible van and poured a ramp; a bathroom renovation is still ahead.
More amazing still: Abby is back on the field with the SM West marching band this football season, rolling alongside her bandmates, and someone is building her an instrument she'll be able to play.
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