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Well, I was an active person before the accident.
I just love being able to -
I'm kind of an adrenaline junkie actually - if - to be honest. That's why I got a
motorcycle
is cuz I just love
to chase excitement.
Wherever it is. Snowboarding, wakeboarding, motorcycles, hiking, biking ... Running.
Just getting that release, it just is...
Its really cool. I mean, there are obviously people
that are opposite of that. And they just like to stay at home
and be themselves or whatever - read books.
But that's not me. I like to get out
and just...
do stuff.
I don't know - it just makes me feel good.
So I was going to school one day - I was on my motorcycle.
And then, you know, literally a block away from where was going to park
and go into class...
A truck just pulled an illegal left-turn
When I entered the intersection and just hit me.
And I literally can't remember flying through the air, landing,
and during that whole time I was on the ground while people were scrambling and
you know, trying to put...
like...
anything they had on the wound because it was gushing blood
just - all over the road. And as they're
you know, trying to do that, I can remember my thoughts.
And I was just like, "Why?"... Like, "Why is this happening to ME?"
It probably was the darkest point in my whole life.
And it was after I got the amputation.
And I just remember: I had a nurse that
came in as I was in the bathroom and
I was just crying my eyes out.
Like I just...
I...
I just was like "I don't wanna go on. I want to quit."
"I can't do this anymore." That's what I told her and
She told me something that I'll probably never forget my whole life. She said..
"Look at where you're at right now." And I was like, "Yeah..."
"It sucks."
"Like, it's not great." And she's like, "Well this is your lowest low."
"So now..."
"You only have one way to go, is up."
And that just stuck with me. I was like, "She's right."
I spent a lot of time pondering
and trying to help myself to
grasp
that my life's not going to be the exact same that it was -
It's never going to be the exact same. And sometimes...
I'm actually glad it's not, because I actually grew.
The accident that I had actually helped me to grow.
That was the lowest part of the whole entire thing
because I let it be that. I didn't want to get that low - or even lower - again.
I let that be the lowest part and I just went up from there.
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Christensen & Hymas law firm
definitely played a big role in that. I mean, after an accident
it's a big thing. It's a huge, huge change in your life.
Especially when you have an amputation.
Or when you are put into a wheelchair
or whatever it may be.
And so when they came along,
They just made it easy. I mean...
Ken himself went through a whole traumatic experience.
And I think that's what makes him different - And Russ too.
It's that he's been there.
He knows, so he can empathize.
And so what I would advise someone is: Put a lot of trust in Ken & Russ.
Put a lot of trust in them that they'll take care of you.
And they'll be there for you because they're your friend.
100% of the way they're your friend - they want to be there
Second:
Learn to just trust yourself. Trust yourself enough that
you're gonna get through it.
Hold onto that little bit of hope that you've got left.
And you'll make it.