Luckily I hadn't picked the girls up when I had my wreck. It was about 5:15 PM on a Thursday evening. According to the police report, I came to a stop at an intersection that I had crossed a hundred times before.

This time a truck was blocking my view to the left and another was across the highway. I was waiting to go straight across the two lane highway. I have no memory of that day, so I don't know why I was going straight when I usually turned left. The man in the pick-up across the highway motioned for me to go, according to witnesses. As my 1996 Cavalier pulled onto the two-lane highway, it was struck by a Chevy Blazer in the driver-side door.

This damaged my brain on the right side, causing my left side to be partially paralyzed. I was in a coma for two months. Then when I finally started waking up, I was transferred to a Rehab Hospital. I was there for two months and ten days. My pelvis was severely broken, I had a fixator and two big screws to hold my pelvis together. Thankfully that healed nicely. So, I'm wheelchair bound for now. I can't walk or use my left hand. My soft-palate does not work like it should either. The soft-palate directs the air flow though the mouth and nose as we speak. My soft-palate does not go up and down while I talk, causing air to leak out of my nose. So, I have trouble saying Ss, SHs, Ks, and my B's and M's sound similar. I have trouble with my vision. If I'm reading, the lines want to run together. I still trouble with my memory. The last few years are patchy, and day to day details are still hard to hold on to.

God bless you and I hope he will help you though your trauma.

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