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Yup... Car accident. I was 15. Tractor-trailer
pulled out in front of my
boyfriend (age 17 - the driver) after dark on our way back
from
McDonald's (ten minutes from home).
He swerved into the oncoming lane but a car was coming so he angled
back
in. But only far enough where MY SIDE went under the
semi. A single
incident whereby HAVING ON a seatbelt would have had me
decapitated.
I wasn't wearing one and was found turned face-down into the
seat.
I remember none of it - or ten minutes prior to it. Which I
heard is
common ... with trauma like that the brain forgets the fifteen
minute
time frame prior TO the trauma.
I was lucky to survive in the tiny OLD hospital I was taken
to. But I did.
Moral to my story ... don't quit while you still have a head!
Lori
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Date: 03/23/05
14:33:51
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L]
Confirmation of SCI
Hey Lori,
What happend, was you in a car wreck?
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Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005
11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Confirmation
of SCI
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Same as Marikay except 25 yrs for me.
I never remember ANYONE saying "you're paralyzed for the rest
of your life." But my injury was so severe .. was in ICU 3
months ... I was trying to stay alive and I guess I was just
confused over everything. Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much going
on. It was a YEAR in all as an inpatient so it was a "day by
day" thing I guess.
Lori
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Date: 03/22/05
19:48:14
Subject: Re:
[QUAD-L] Confirmation of SCI
been 14 years and still havent been told directly !
Marikay
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Date: 03/22/05
15:50:57
Subject:
[QUAD-L] Confirmation of SCI
Hey gang,
how did you find out that you had a SCI? Family member,
doctor or reality? How did they say it? What did you do, think or
say?
Amye
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