I was born a healthy baby to a 22 yr old unwed mother - She put me up for adoption.. At 8 weeks of age I was placed with my mom, dad, and older brother Derick (who is also adopted).. Long story short when I was 3 yrs old drs amputated my aright arm/shoulder as they thought I had cancer.. 5 months after I was correctly diagnosed with FOP..
I was so young- I can't imagine the hell my parents/family went through when they were told I had cancer and I wasn't going to make it, just take me home and enjoy me.. I'm just glad the doctors were WRONG and I'm still here..
LDS Social Services only allowed 2 kids per family - my parents had me and my older brother.. When I became a 'special needs' child they allowed them to adopt the 3rd child.. Not long after that we were blessed with Emily.. I call her the 'bonus'.. She brought so much joy to our family- and she still does.. Emily is truly my best friend.. Things do happen for a reason..
My babysitter Jen took care of me both before and after my amputation.. She told me one time when she was babysitting me and my brother sometime soon after the amputation.. My brother was playing with his toy handcuffs .. I told Jen I wanted a turn.. So she put the handcuff on my little left wrist.. and then said to me 'Ash, give me your other hand'.. She completely forgot!! So I looked at her and said 'Ok, here you go!' and I gave her my foot/ankle!! :) After I did that she did not feel bad ..
Despite all that has happened to me.. I would not change my life EVER.. I <3 being unique and 'different'.. My family, friends, and all I have been thru *good things and the not so good* have made me the person I am today..
I spoke with the producer today for over an hour .He liked my story and went to share it with
his boss ..Then he called back a lil
while later and said his boss liked my story and they are interested !! :)
The show is Mystery E.R. - tells the stories of the most
mysterious medical cases to come through the emergency room.
My mom sent this to me on a day that I needed to it .. :)
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a
pole which she carried across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.
But
the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable
that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream.
'I am ashamed of myself , because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.'
The old woman smiled, 'Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?'
'That's
because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds
on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water
them.'
'For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.
Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.'
Each
of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each
have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.
You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.
SO, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!
after i fell on sunday .. i was put on 5 pills a day (20mgs per pill) ofr prdnisone .. wednesday am after my breakfast i asked my mom for y prednisone and milk .. she gave me 5 pills to pop .. we were going to my sisters and that was an hour car ride so i needed a pain pill .. she started freaking .. she gave me 5 pills of oxycontin 400 mgs total NOT the pred .. i am ok .. as the drs at the er said my system was use to this ammount of narcodics .. i just never took that much in 1 day ever ..
i am out now !! things could of been way worse .. but im great now ..