Omaha woman tells story of 'just miraculous' recovery from West Nile to inspire others

Cathy Fisher used to love burpees, which were part of her regular CrossFit workouts.

For now, however, the 61-year-old Omaha woman is happy to be doing a modified version of the vigorous calisthenics – which usually includes jumping up, squatting to the floor and kicking back into a pushup – with the help of a barbell mounted on a squat rack.

But even her modified exercises represent what her doctors call a remarkable recovery. Fisher spent a month at Methodist Hospital last fall after developing neuroinvasive West Nile disease, a rare complication of the mosquito-borne virus that strikes fewer than 1% of those infected.

Omaha World-Herald: Woman tells story of 'just miraculous' recovery from West Nile to inspire others