‘I am very lucky to be alive’

Wheelchair-bound former  New Zealand all-rounder  Chris Cairns says he is  “very lucky to be alive”,  three months after a medical emergency left him on  life support.

The 51-year-old is currently recovering from a  spinal stroke that left him  paralysed waist down, following several complicated  surgeries.

“We don’t know what  happens going forward.  I don’t know if I’ll walk,  I don’t know if I’ll stand.  But I may stand. I may  walk. The only option is  to keep going. The thing is  I’m not even just lucky to  be (alive). I’m very lucky,”  Cairns was quoted as saying by a news publication. -(Agencies)