What keeps me going....hmmmm...a nice sunny day, the touch of a woman sometimes, the challenge, the simple fact that life is short and everyone dies at some point, a cold beer with a friend, cards baseball, swimming, lifting, rolling around the hood, being behind the wheel of my van ron c7 --- On Fri, 9/4/09, Daniel Espinoza <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Daniel Espinoza <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Sources of Inspiration To: "'Steve Crowder'" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 1:58 AM Being stubborn, they need to prove everyone wrong, friends and family, the realization that my life isn't all that bad. Sure spinal cord injuries are bad, but it's something you either overcome or fall into a loop of depression. My family would say in my case they need to prove people and doctors wrong, and my stubbornness Daniel Espinoza 26/m/California Occupation before accident - Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer What happened: I broke my c2,c6,c7 and had to get donor bone at c2, which left me as a Quadriplegic. I had a Traumatic_brain_injury from blood going to my brain from my spinal cord, but its getting better with time. I am off a ventilator "woohoo" however only half of my diaphragm works right now "due to an asymmetric spinal cord injury....." http://www.thespinalcordinjured.net http://www.myspace.com/dannylnx From: Steve Crowder [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] Sources of Inspiration Hello everybody. I am currently working on a new story for the upcoming fall edition of Dangerwood... the Magazine. Certainly, dealing with a disability -- particularly a new disability, such as a spinal injury -- can be overwhelming at times. What gets YOU through? Please tell me... where do you draw your inspiration from? All input would most certainly be welcome.. There are people out there searching the web everyday in an effort to sort things out following life-threatening catastrophes. Thanks, Nick Dangerwood... The Magazine Www.SurvivingParalysis.com
