Amy "kins"
Update 07/18/04
It has been 6 years since my accident. And I have healed well physically.
Mentally, I still have issues to work through. But the doctors keep telling me only
time will help. That is one saying I cann't stand anymore. How do you deal with the
death of a loved one? Which you feel responible for. I guess with the love and
support of everyone around you. I have a job that I love along with my friends and
family. I think with the right support system you can do anything that you want in
life.
April 3rd of 1998 will be a day I will never forget. I had taken my mom out to dinner near our home. About 7pm. a train was approaching the intersection. And hit the last 8 inches of our car. My mom died instantly. Me on the other hand had to stay in the car. Thanks to the seatbelt wrapping around my ankle. And the back window, I got wedged in. I received a brain trama, C-2& 3 fractured, 4 ribs broken, puntured lung, crushed pelvis, and a fractured sacillium. I was in a medically induced coma for about 10 days. Twenty days after the accident I was moved to a rehab center. Where they told my family I would be for 4 to 5 months. I lost about 5 months of my memory. Last memory is coming home from my dad's funreal in November next memory is around mother's day of '98. I was only in the rehab center for 1 month to the day. I pushed myself because my family needed me. That is what I though anyway. More like I needed them around me to heal. Well,finally I did. Physically-I was healed in March of 2000. Mentally-I'm still healing. I meet some wonderful people in the process. My trauma doctor is very supportive of me in very way. I still see and talk to him. One day I will see my parents again and have a very long talk with them about this part of my life. Good Luck to everyoneEmail Amy
