When I was fourteen I had everything going for me. I was the best in every sport there was and I had three scholarships being given to me. I was on top of the world until November 13, 1988. I was flying with my best friend and her family in their private plane. You guessed it,, we crashed!
At the hospital, the doctors told me I had broken my neck- my fifth and sixth vertebrae were shattered, crushing the nerves that controlled my feet and right hand. I spent the next seven days lying motionless in the hospital bed. The whole time, no one knew if I'd ever walk again. I was in terror. All of my life, I'd always been able to accomplish whatever I set out to do. For the first time, I was utterly helpless.
Finally, the doctors decided to operate on me to try to repair my neck. After a 13 hours of surgery, I awoke to find my head en caged in a metal brace. The doctors had drilled four holes into my skull and screwed the brace in place to keep my head still until my neck healed.
Only two days after my neck surgery, the nurses lifted me out of bed so that I could begin my rehabilitation. It was painful and scary: My brain would say walk, but my legs couldn't do anything; my right arm flopped around uselessly. My dreams of a scholarship and my career as an athlete were over.
The doctors were amazed because they didn't know how I survived and that I wasn't permanently paralyzed. It took over a year of rehab and hard work to learn how to write and walk again correctly.
That horrible rainy November night had change my life forever. For a while I was so depressed that I could never play sports again. Then one day I said to myself, I am lucky to be alive! From that day on, I promised myself that I would live life to the fullest. I have modeled for a few years, danced on the MTV's the grind, acted in an independent film and did some traveling.
I have one fear and that is flying in a private plane. I only fly in very big planes. I would love to over come my fear one day but I have to find someone that has a private plan. So if any of you out there want to go flying with me just let me know. Don't worry, it is like one in a million that I would ever be in another crash again!
Today, I love to meet and talk to lots of different people. I have a wonderful husband and one year old boy and girl twins and a two year old little boy. People think we are crazy but we want more and knowing our luck we would have twins again.
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