Gloria Revilla Doyle, at the age of 41, was disabled by exploratory surgery. With the stroke of a knife, neurosurgery left her a "walking" quadriplegic. Diagnosed with an inoperable spinal cord tumor, a rare progressive condition, the medical prognosis was grim. Western medicine offered no cure, yet she has endured and survived. Her personal odyssey has been a quest for healing and knowledge that transcends disability.