I haven't been on this site in a lonnnnng time! Just figured out what my log in information is again, so that's good :) I'm almost to the 3 year mark of being an amputee, and after many many long months of problems, 30 surgeries, & intense rehab, I am FINALLY walking!!! I can walk around a mall without needing a cane & although my walk isn't perfect yet, I am happy with where I am right now. Just the other week I parked in a handicap spot & was reprimanded by someone who didn't think I was disabled :) All of my hard work paying off! I guess from here on I will get a finalized prosthetic & then start to learn to run again. 

There were many days I never thought I would get to this point, but thankfully I never gave up. I didn't listen to doctors who said I would never be able to walk without a cane. I kept going to my physical therapist. I kept strength training & working on it--so  to those who are at that place in their recovery where they feel nothing they do will help get them to where they want to be--DON'T GIVE UP!

Thanks for all the messages & encouragement. This is a great place for people who need to hear that they are not alone. May 2013 be great for us all :)

Love,

Em

Never would I have ever thought I would end up here, writing this paragraph and letting you all read it. On February 9th of this year my life completely changed. I was on a road trip  to Denver Colorado for an interview with Skywest to be a flight attendant. I was so very excited about the idea of getting this job. I love to travel. This would have been perfect for me. My friend and I arrived the day before the interview was supposed to take place so we decided to do a little scenic travel to Eldorado canyon in Boulder. We parked alongside the small road a ways up and I hopped out to get some warmer pants out of the trunk of the car. The next thing I knew I heard someone calling to watch out and then my friend Lisel screamed my name. I looked behind me and a car was inches away and within a split second I was hit. I fell to the ground, looked down, and my right leg was gone...off...only attached by a little piece of flesh. So, hello, my name is Emily and I am now an amputee. As I write this I am still in the hospital awaiting my 14th surgery which is in some odd hours. I am so grateful for my life as I was minutes away from bleeding to death. I never lost consciouness though, and everyday I relive that hour of terror in my mind. It has been such a whirlwind of emotions. So much pain; physically, mentally, spirtually, and emotionally, but, at least I can feel that--many people in my situation don't get to live to feel that. I want nothing more than to walk again, and I know this is not going to be an easy journey, but I do like journey's so I want to share this all with you. Because only people on this site, reading this paragraph, who have been where I am now, can ever know what this is like.

With love and hope

~Emily~

..."jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden" />