The Unknown (My ICU Stay)
One year ago today I was in the midst of my stay at the icu after my life changing accident. Everything still felt like a dream, but I was making the most of it. The day following the accident I remember receiving the news that I might never walk again. I didn’t even flinch, I said “ok I’ll just be in a wheelchair then.” I wasn’t going to let that phase me. I insisted to my parents that we should start a gofundme and that I needed to go to the best rehab hospital, mind you I didn’t even know what a rehab hospital really was, all I knew was I was going to get better. My mom took charge and with the help of some new friends we landed on Craig Hospital in Colorado. Over the next few days I lied in agonizing pain doing interviews for the news and coming to terms with what little I knew about my new life. Even with my family, friends and favorite nurses Steph and Batman, the unknown was encroaching. At times the ICU was peaceful. Through the long dark nights faint noises of medi...