SpeedRacerJames
October 13th, 2010, 10:46 PM
and I'm still having trouble.. Here's my story. I wrote it for school, thought I would share it.
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I never thought of the importance of red lights until I, for myself, experienced the terrifying result when red lights are not obeyed. It was spring break and I was so excited for the fishing trip my cousins and I were going to take that weekend. I bought my fishing license and some gear a week before Spring Break because I was so excited to take the trip. Until then, I was just relaxing and packing for the trip. It was March 16th, and my grandma and I were going to the grocery store. I thought this was going to be just like any other trip to the grocery store. Who knew this was going to be the most dreadful day of my life; a day that would leave not only physical, but emotional scars too.
Although I have no memory of this dreadful accident, I still know what occurred because of what I've been told. My grandmother and I were heading home from the grocery store. We were turning left at an intersection and we had the green arrow. All of a sudden a truck t-boned my side of the car. Since we were in a really small car and the red light runner was in a truck, the truck ended up on top of our car and crushed me. I instantly went into a coma and the ambulance called for an air evacuation to get me to St. Josephs hospital because I was in such severe condition.
Immediately, they prepped me for surgery. I suffered an intertrochanteric hip fracture that they had to fix with hardware. I also suffered severe brain hemorrhaging and fractured my tail bone. For over three weeks I was in an unresponsive coma. Every second of that unresponsive coma my mother was sitting by my hospital bed holding my hand; crying and praying that I'd be okay.
Finally, after four or five I weeks I awoke from the unresponsive coma. The first thing I remember hearing was my friends saying, “We miss you James, we hope you feel better soon!” I was so excited to see them! I have never felt so joyful in my life than when I awoke from that coma to my best friends and my mom. Unfortunately, I also remember smelling hand sanitizer and rubber gloves because of the nurses, yuck. Another horrible thing about my stay in the hospital was the bland food. It was weeks until I was able to go down to the cafeteria and eat some tasteful ribs.
Obeying red lights is indeed an important part of traffic laws and I am now in favor of the stop light cameras that discourage red light running. Most importantly I have learned of how strong of a person I am. I have learned how challenging it is when you lose the use of one leg, and now I am more sensitive to handicapped people and special ed kids. Although this was such a dreadful accident, after a few surgeries and almost three years I have come out walking. I think I am a much stronger person than I would've been if I had not been dealt such challenging cards in life.
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I never thought of the importance of red lights until I, for myself, experienced the terrifying result when red lights are not obeyed. It was spring break and I was so excited for the fishing trip my cousins and I were going to take that weekend. I bought my fishing license and some gear a week before Spring Break because I was so excited to take the trip. Until then, I was just relaxing and packing for the trip. It was March 16th, and my grandma and I were going to the grocery store. I thought this was going to be just like any other trip to the grocery store. Who knew this was going to be the most dreadful day of my life; a day that would leave not only physical, but emotional scars too.
Although I have no memory of this dreadful accident, I still know what occurred because of what I've been told. My grandmother and I were heading home from the grocery store. We were turning left at an intersection and we had the green arrow. All of a sudden a truck t-boned my side of the car. Since we were in a really small car and the red light runner was in a truck, the truck ended up on top of our car and crushed me. I instantly went into a coma and the ambulance called for an air evacuation to get me to St. Josephs hospital because I was in such severe condition.
Immediately, they prepped me for surgery. I suffered an intertrochanteric hip fracture that they had to fix with hardware. I also suffered severe brain hemorrhaging and fractured my tail bone. For over three weeks I was in an unresponsive coma. Every second of that unresponsive coma my mother was sitting by my hospital bed holding my hand; crying and praying that I'd be okay.
Finally, after four or five I weeks I awoke from the unresponsive coma. The first thing I remember hearing was my friends saying, “We miss you James, we hope you feel better soon!” I was so excited to see them! I have never felt so joyful in my life than when I awoke from that coma to my best friends and my mom. Unfortunately, I also remember smelling hand sanitizer and rubber gloves because of the nurses, yuck. Another horrible thing about my stay in the hospital was the bland food. It was weeks until I was able to go down to the cafeteria and eat some tasteful ribs.
Obeying red lights is indeed an important part of traffic laws and I am now in favor of the stop light cameras that discourage red light running. Most importantly I have learned of how strong of a person I am. I have learned how challenging it is when you lose the use of one leg, and now I am more sensitive to handicapped people and special ed kids. Although this was such a dreadful accident, after a few surgeries and almost three years I have come out walking. I think I am a much stronger person than I would've been if I had not been dealt such challenging cards in life.