Misdiagnosis leads to paralysis, $1.9 million settlement for Maine girl

by Judy Harrison, BDN Staff

Tue, June 20th 2017, 3:00 PM UTC

Wynter Przybylski, 9, looks over her shoulder to see where her nurse, Stephanie Shapiro, is while making their way home after school in Topsham Tuesday. Przybylski will spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair due to a misdiagnosis in February 2014. (Ashley L. Conti | BDN)

Wynter Przybylski, 9, looks over her elementary school yearbook at her home in Topsham. Przybylski will spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair due to a misdiagnosis in February 2014. (Ashley L. Conti | BDN)

Wynter Przybylski (right), 9, makes her way home with her nurse, Stephanie Shapiro, at her home in Topsham Tuesday. Wynter has been treated successfully for the leukemia but because treatment was delayed, she developed a white blood cell clot on her spine that caused permanent paralysis. She has been awarded $1.9 million in a legal settlement. (Ashley L. Conti | BDN)

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Wynter Przybylski, 9, looks over her shoulder to see where her nurse, Stephanie Shapiro, is while making their way home after school in Topsham Tuesday. Przybylski will spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair due to a misdiagnosis in February 2014. (Ashley L. Conti | BDN)

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