Like Stacy, I got sick and the result was me becoming a vent dependent and paralyzed from the neck down when I was 21. I woke up with a sore shoulder, an hour later I had trouble standing, then stopped breathing. I've been paralyzed ever since.
When I was in rehab, the psychiatrist in all his wisdom, had another vent dependent quad come in to talk to me. This guy had gotten drunk and dove off a pier into shallow water. So me who never drank before and became paralyzed by a completely unknown cause thought this guy was an idiot and brought it upon himself. Can you see why I would feel that way? It's not like I did anything to put my own life in danger.
Jim
At 09:43 PM 6/6/2006, Stacy Harim wrote:
Well, I wasn't one of them. I got sick and we don't know why. Unfortunately a spinal injury was the result. Anyone that would say that I brought that upon myself is just hateful.
Stacy
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- My Mom told her boss at work what
happened to me and she had the nerve to say that some people just bring
things upon themselves. What the hell did I do? She doesn't
even know me. My Mom just asked her what does she think I did to
deserve what I've been through.
- When I tell people who ask me "how did you have your accident"? "that I was on a motorcycle learning to do jumps" they say things like "Well you asked for it"
- I think that even quads among us have a "thing" for people who become a quad by their own doing and other's who had a "true" accident.
- Do you know what I mean everybody?
- Bobbie
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