Name: Allison Blackmer
From: Blue Springs, Missouri
Votes: 0
April
26, 2018. It was just a normal day after school. My two
girlfriends and I were sitting in the green lot down by the
YMCA in a Jeep Liberty. Long story short, our guy friend came to
hang with us and got into the driver seat and we took
off down Taylor Road.
I
remember turning down Taylor Road, but after that I just remember
waking up in the most agonizing pain. I learned later
that our friend was going three times the speed limit and
at the top of a hill when he lost control of the car; we
hit the ground front on, rolled, and then hit a tree. I remember
laying there in the grass, in shock, wondering what had just
happened. I was staring at the sky and it was so bright; it looked so
inviting. I wanted to go up to the sky; I wanted to die in that
moment.
Then
next thing I knew I was in an ambulance being rushed to the
hospital. When I got there, everything was a blur. One
of the doctors stuck me with a needle while another started pulling
the glass out my legs. I was in so much pain; then I wasn’t.
When
I woke up from surgery, I remember hearing my doctor say that I
was a miracle; hardly anyone gets ejected from a car and lives. I had
a compound fracture in my right ankle, which means my bone broke
through the skin; my foot was barely attached to the
rest of my body. I broke the middle finger bone in my right hand; I
had a minor concussion, and got stiches all
over my legs where the broken glass had cut me. The
hospital gave me a walker with a right-hand attachment, so I didn’t
put pressure on my hand. I had to hop with my left leg because my
right one was non-weightbearing. When I went somewhere that required
any walking, I had to be pushed in my wheelchair because I
couldn’t physically go that far.
I
got released from the hospital the next night, then I spent the last
month of school and whole summer recovering. I couldn’t shower
by myself; I couldn’t make a meal by myself; I couldn’t get in
and out of the house by myself. I’m just thankful that I had my
friends and family to help me do everything I couldn’t do on my
own.
I’ve
learned to always wear your seatbelt, don’t speed, and don’t
drive intoxicated. Never take life for granted and to live every day
to the fullest because we never know what’s going to happen. We
should hug our loved close and never let them go; who knows when will
be the last day we’ll see them. My three friends and I got lucky that
day and I will forever be thankful. I know that miracles do happen,
even if I’m now left with physical and mental scars.
496
words
Allison
Blackmer
