A TALENTED artist left paralysed after a trampoline accident is painting, eating and reading again.

Kenny Beck, 20, severed his spinal cord in June and has been warned that he may never walk again.

But the youngster is showing an interest in the things he loved before he had his accident.

The Eminem fan raps in hospital and keeps the nurses entertained with his impressions of his favourite TV characters like Cartman from South Park.

He has regained his appetite, started drawing using his mouth and loves watching DVDs and reading.

After tucking into a hamburger, Kenny said: "I've been eating crispy duck, Macdonalds - everything. I eat all the time."

His mother Jackie Treacy, 40, "I never thought I would see him eat like this again. I have faith in Kenny. He is a fighter and he's determined to build back his health. Kenny has his good days and bad days. He is in a bit of a low at the moment but he will bounce back."

Kenny, who can feel his head but can not move his arms and legs, is learning to draw with his mouth and has produced his first work from his hospital bed.

This first drawing of a face and flowers is proudly displayed on a wall by his bed.

Ms Treacy said: "His sister Elly-May saw the drawing and said Kenny was really clever because she couldn't have done it with her mouth.

"Kenny was always really good at art and wanted to do something with it as a career. He really liked doing animation and was designing a tattoo for himself before the accident."

Kenny, originally from Widnes, had moved to Halewood shortly before the accident where he fell awkwardly while doing a back flip on a trampoline in his cousin's back garden.

Ms Treacy said: "I didn't believe it at first when they told me. It didn't sink in - even now we're all slowly trying to adjust to it.

"My daughter used to go to trampoline lessons where there were specially trained professionals there to watch out for their safety."

Kenny is due to move from Warrington hospital to Southport hospital's spinal injury unit to continue his recovery.

Old classmates from Oakfield Community primary and Bankfield secondary schools in Widnes have been visiting him in hospital.

Ged Unsworth, Kenny's father, from Widnes, said: "He would do anything for anyone. He loves animals and wouldn't harm anything."

The Kenny Beck fund has been set up to help Kenny and other young people with his condition.

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