| It was back in 1994 that I was a strong
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| | wheelchair, that was my only means of
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| 17 year old boy who had the world in the
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| | ambulation or getting around for about 5
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| palm of my hands!In other words...I was
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| | months...- I was then able to advance to
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| the most successful running-back on any
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| | the use of a walker to get around and
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| high school football team in my home
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| | that lasted for about 2 months...Next, I
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| countyI was a center-fielder for one of
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| | advanced to the use of a mere cane to
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| the Baltimore Orioles' semi-pro baseball
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| | walk with and it was just about that time
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| teamsI played baseball for the Babe Ruth
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| | that my parents decided to withdraw me
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| LeagueI ran trackI wrestledI also played
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| | from the Sinai hospital in Baltimore, MD
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| basketball for my high schoolIt was in
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| | so they could enroll me in out-patient
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| the middle of June in 1994 that I had
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| | therapy at the Alfred I. Dupont Hospital
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| been summoned to appear in court to serve
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| | in Wilmington, DE.I continued therapy &
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| trial for 8 tickets or traffic
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| | recovery at A.I. Dupont for about 5
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| violations.My friends & I knew that I
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| | months and during that time, I was able
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| would most likely lose my driver's
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| | to complete the school work I had missed
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| license for a long time so we all decided
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| | for the first 3 marking periods of my
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| to throw a party in honor of my supposed
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| | senior year.I was, in fact, able to walk
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| 'last night with a license'.Reportedly, I
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| | across my home high school's football
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| was up all night having fun at this party
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| | field - unassisted - to be handed my high
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| and tried to drive home at about 4:30 the
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| | school diploma and it was with my
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| next morning.I guess I made the drive
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| | graduating class of '95.When the
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| successfully up to about the last mile
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| | principle handed over my diploma, it
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| before my parent's house when I fell
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| | caused the parents in the bleachers to
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| asleep behind the wheel.It was just my
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| | stand to their feet and give a standing
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| luck that I fell asleep at the top of a
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| | ovation as well as many loud cheers.Faced
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| big hill with a long, downward
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| | with very few options...Ok, great! I was
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| straight-away because my foot relaxed on
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| | a high school graduate and no one thought
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| the accelerator and caused my car's speed
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| | I could do it but what in the world would
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| to climb to about 80 mph (miles per hour)
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| | I or could I do to earn a living for
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| before I drifted off the left shoulder of
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| | myself, now that I have several physical
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| the road.My front left tire then dropped
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| | limitations?I discovered that my home
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| down into a ditch and smashed into a
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| | state would pay my college tuition since
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| culvert pipe that ran under a
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| | I am now considered to be a handicapped
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| driveway.This culvert pipe caused my car
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| | person in the state of Maryland.So I went
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| to be violently thrown up in the air,
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| | to the nearby community college to take
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| flipping end-over-end at 80 mph and then
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| | classes and that only lasted for about
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| landing on it's roof in the next
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| | one semester before I just stopped going.
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| driveway.Luckily for me, the man who
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| | They didn't have anything that really
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| owned the driveway with the pipe my car
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| | held my interest, to be honest!So I spent
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| had smashed into was awake and he heard
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| | a few months trying to work a few
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| the horrific sound. The man was then
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| | different jobs but of course, they all
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| able to quickly dial the national
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| | had to 'let me go' after I would damage
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| emergency number or 9-1-1.When the EMT
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| | some type of merchandise because of my
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| (Emergency Medical Team) arrived on the
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| | lack of balance.I even tried going back
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| scene, the head nurse radioed the local
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| | to college a second time to study
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| hospital to ask the advice of the
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| | AutoCADD (Computer Aided Drafting &
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| doctor-on-duty. She was told that, 'It
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| | Design) but that didn't last either.My
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| sounds like the boy will either die or be
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| | Second Brush with Death!When I had
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| a paraplegic for the rest of his life,
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| | returned to college for the second time,
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| stop CPR!'It was in my favor that even
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| | I was able to rent a small apartment in
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| though that head nurse didn't know me
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| | the same town where the college was
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| personally, she knew of me through a
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| | located which was the same town my
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| friendship she had with my mother and she
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| | parents lived in, and that is where I
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| refused to stop giving me CPR!That same
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| | grew up & went to high school.One cold
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| head nurse was also faced with yet
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| | day in January of 1997, I decided to
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| another tough decision!She was forced to
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| | carry a load of laundry to my parent's
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| decide whether or not to radio for the
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| | house so I could wash it since I didn't
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| ambulance - which would only take me back
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| | have my own washer & dryer.I had walked
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| to the same hospital that had just
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| | about a quarter mile out of town in the
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| recommended she let me die - or to radio
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| | direction of my parent's place when it
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| for the Medi-Vac Chopper to fly all the
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| | happened.The last thing I remember was
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| way up from the heart of Baltimore to
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| | yelling across the road to ask someone if
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| Cecil County just to transport me all the
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| | they could give me a ride when everything
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| way back.I'm not sure how she did it or
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| | just went dark!When I came out of it, I
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| what led her to make the decision she
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| | found myself in a hospital bed once again
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| made but that head nurse chose to radio
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| | but this time, I had a full leg cast on
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| for the Medi-Vac Chopper!As hard as it
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| | each leg.In order to explain how it
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| was to believe that a head nurse would
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| | happened, I need to take you back to when
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| take the chance of waiting for a chopper
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| | I was standing on the side of the road,
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| to fly that distance to get me, it was
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| | yelling to the car on the other
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| even more unbelievable that the Medi-Vac
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| | shoulder.There was some lady driving a
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| Chopper was already airborne and on its'
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| | big Lincoln Town Car and she was flying
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| way to a medical show in the nearby state
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| | up the road behind me at about 65
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| of Delaware, placing it about 20 seconds
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| | mph.This lady had a child in the back
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| from the scene of the accident.My family
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| | that wasn't in a car seat and she was
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| was also notified by the attending police
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| | turned around to correct the child
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| officer and they came as quickly as they
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| | causing her attention to be on anything
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| could.That Head Nurse's Decision-Making
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| | but the road.For this reason, the lady
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| Wasn't Over Yet...Once I had been loaded
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| | didn't see me standing on the side of the
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| onto that Medi-Vac Chopper, the head
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| | road when she veered off onto the
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| nurse also had to decide whether she
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| | shoulder and the front bumper of her big
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| wanted to leave me in the
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| | Lincoln Town Car smashed into my left
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| able-but-strange hands of the medical
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| | knee with enough force to send me up into
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| personnel on that chopper or if she
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| | the air while the lady & her car ran off
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| wanted to fly all the way to Baltimore to
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| | into the bushes.Blood Covered
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| administer CPR to her friend's son
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| | Road...Reportedly, the entire road where
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| herself.I have a feeling that the medical
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| | I had landed was covered with the blood
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| personnel on that chopper would not have
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| | squirting from my left knee.You see, when
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| been so diligent when my heart stopped
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| | that big Lincoln Town Car collided with
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| beating on 3 seperate occasions and I
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| | the left side of my left knee at about 65
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| would be dead if that woman wouldn't have
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| | mph, the pressure was not only enough to
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| flown to Baltimore with me to keep
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| | throw my whole body up into the air but
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| administering CPR by her own choice.I was
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| | the force was great enough to shatter
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| still unconscious when the chopper landed
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| | both the fibula & tibia bones at both the
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| on top of the 'Shock Trama Hospital' in
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| | knee & the ankle of both legs, giving me
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| Baltimore and the doctors decided that I
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| | 8 shattered joints all together. That
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| was in a comatose state.My family was on
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| | was also the reason my blood was
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| their way to 'Shock Trama' and arrived
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| | squirting all over the road - the bones
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| shortly after the chopper had landed but
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| | had ripped through the outer skin of my
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| I can only imagine how hard it was to be
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| | left leg.It was once again my good
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| told that 'your first-borne son is in a
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| | fortune that the doctor-on-duty at the
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| comatose state and will not live through
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| | Chrisitana Hospital in Christiana, DE
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| the day'.Three days after my accident, I
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| | (yes, I was air-lifted to yet another
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| was still in a coma but I was very much
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| | hospital) was an orthopedic specialist
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| alive!The doctors then predicted that I
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| | and was able to place each leg - with 4
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| would remain in a coma for the rest of my
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| | shattered joints each - in a full leg
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| life.I can't get into everything my
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| | cast.So now my future looked even more
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| parents did while their son spent the
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| | dismal or disappointing but I came upon a
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| next 40 days in a coma but I'm sure you
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| | Google Ad that sent me to a company that
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| can imagine what you would do if you had
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| | changed the way my future looks for
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| a son who was loved by everyone and he
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| | me!The Way it is Now...!- I am completely
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| actually lost his life 3 times from a
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| | able to walk with no assistive devices- I
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| severe auto accident.After the 40-day
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| | am completely able to speak and very
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| coma...The doctors had predicted that I
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| | clear- I am completely able to operate a
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| would remain in a coma for the rest of my
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| | motor vehicle safely as well!My Remaining
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| life but when the monitors started to
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| | Limitations...!- Because the bones in my
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| pick up an increase in brain activity,
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| | legs were not set exactly the way they
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| their prediction changed! They told my
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| | were at birth, I will never again be able
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| family that it was very unlikely that I'd
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| | to run- Because of the damage to my
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| ever walk or talk again and I was
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| | throat, I will never again be able to
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| transported across the city to the Sinai
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| | sing in the shower *smile*- Another
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| Hospital.Well, I'll just say that the
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| | problem the damage to my throat caused is
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| doctor's prediction of my supposed
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| | the fact that I am unable to hold my
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| recovery changed again after I mumbled a
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| | breath under water, which is bad since I
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| few words & stumbled a few steps. They
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| | once worked as a lifeguard.Although, a
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| then said that I would most likely never
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| | short while following my major accidents,
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| graduate from high school and "IF" I ever
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| | I was able to create an incredibly
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| did, it would be years after my
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| | successful web site and you can click the
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| graduating class.Finally Free!- I had
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| | link below to see it and learn more about
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| spent 40 days in a coma...- Then, for the
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| | me...Peters, Michael (2004) Web Site I've
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| next 2 weeks, I was stuck in the hospital
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| | built since my accident: you are at all
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| bed and didn't have enough physical
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| | interested in reviewing the result of
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| strength to be transported into a
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| | months of intense labor, you can take a
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| wheelchair...- Once I could finally be
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| | glance at my web site!
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| lifted from my bed and set in a
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