(i got my permit 2 days before i was driving illegally with no parent that is) On September 9th, 2004, I had just got out of school, took my friend Sadie home, and headed to my g'maws house where I live. I ran in the house, got some money of course, and was going into town for a job interview and to get my g'parents something to eat. My parents house is a mile down the road, so as I passed by, I noticed one of my old buddies was outside with my dad. My dad owns a body shop(he's a mechanic), so usually when I pass by, there are a lot of people out there I know. I went about 2 miles down the road after passing my parents, and turned around at a spot I was soon to hate. I went back up the road to my dad's. I got out and talked for about 5 minutes, then got back in my car to back it in time for the job. I remember the last thing I did was put 'goodies' by Ciara in my cd player. I had just got a new system, so it sounded really good. A beautiful day was soon to end ugly.
As I was going down the road, 2 miles, I couldn't see around a curve which a tree was laying across both sides of the road around. The tree was across the road in the same spot I had just turned around to go back to my dad's. My car hit the tree at about 60-65mph, spun around clock wise, and hit another tree over the side of the road. As the back drivers side hit the tree, I was thrown 30 ft out my window.
My car went for another ride, and when I woke up, it was facing me, looking like it had tried to come down the hill after me. An older couple had found me, woke me up, and asked how they could contact my parents.
I kept trying to stand up, but my hair was stuck in the tree, and neither of my legs were working. I don't even remember seeing a lot of blood. Moments later, my dad finally got there. Everyone told him not to go down and see me, but he wouldn't listen. He saw my car before he saw me, and he was thinking he wouldn't see me alive over the hill. He told me when he first saw me, I was laying so twisted, it looked like I had lost my left leg. He came over the hill and asked me if I was okay. He said, "she looked up and me with her big blue eyes and said, 'Hi Daddy.'"
At first everyone had thought I'd broken my neck from being thrown. My hair was still stuck in the tree, so I couldn't lay my head down to rest. My dad then pulled out his pocket knife and cut my hair free. (I didn't find that out till later)
I was stat flighted to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. Vandy is about an hour from where I live. It took 3 days in the hospital till I got my first surgery. I had shattered my ankle, broke my leg, broke my pelvic bone in 4 places, and had a minor spinal fracture.
When I awoke from surgery, I had fixators(10 pins going through skin surface into my bones) across my pelvic area, and one connecting my leg, ankle, and below my knee together. It was the most painful thing ever in my life.
I was kept in the hospital for 8 days. For 8-9 weeks, I was left with the fixators still in. I couldn't get in a car, or go anywhere unless by ambulance.
In November 2004, I had my second surgery. They took out my fixators, and put 7 screws, a large metal plate, took a bone graph from under my knee and placed it in my ankle. The pain after this surgery was almost just as worse. It didn't last as long though.
It's now 01/25/05. I went to the doctor again today. I'm now on 65lbs weight on my leg. In 3 weeks, I'll be walking again. Hopefully. If any of you are wondering if I had my seatbelt on, No. If I would have had it on, I'd be dead. My car's roof was so bent down on my side, that it would have took my head off.
Here are some pictures if you're curious what the car, and myself looked like.
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Before-
After-
Me after-
Yet I still had a smile on my face :)
UPDATE: I started walking again sometime in late Feb. of 05' Things are better of course, but my leg will never be the same again. Due to breaking my hip bone in 4 places, my left leg is now almost half an inch shorter than the right, causing me to have a small limp. Nothing a shoe lift can't fix. I can't walk far distances without not being able to walk the next day. Thats because I lost all the bone/tissue in my ankle. I'm very happy I can at least walk again though. My heart goes out to those who won't ever walk again, or those who have lost someone. People wonder how I survived such a bad accident. To tell you the truth.. I have no clue. I really love recieving all your messages about stories, or just nice comments to me. So, keep them coming.
Update: It has been a miracle in March of 05' i started walking perfectly again no more limp or anything so now i can continue on with my life as normal
Never take life for granted. TRUST ME. You never know what you have till it's gone.
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