Everything is going to be "all-right”
On September 29, 2025,
I was a passenger on a motorcycle when we were involved in a critical accident. There was a collision from the passenger side of a SUV and the front of the bike as the car turned left from the opposite side of the road. My partner fell off the bike while it totaled and the back of the bike catapulted me forward. We both coded on impact and were airlifted to Cooper University Hospital.
"You initially were brought to Cooper Hospital on 09/29/2025 after a motorcycle crash which resulted in several traumatic injuries. You had the dissection of the vertebral arteries on both sides resulting in a left cerebellar stroke, acute respiratory failure requiring intubation, lung bruising, rib fractures, air between the lungs and chest wall requiring chest tubes, a cut to your spleen which required removal, left kidney injury, right shoulder blade fracture, right forearm fractures in both bones, left upper arm fracture and blood flow issue requiring amputation at the mid humerus right sacral fractures, right hip fracture, and fractures to the transverse processes of vertebrae C7 through 13."
I spent several weeks in the ICU, completely intubated and unable to breathe on my own. In addition, my hospitalization was complicated by pneumonia and anemia. During that time, loved ones came to visit and while I couldn't see or understand everything happening around me, I was surrounded by people who refused to give up on me.
I remember the heaviness of my head and eyes when I would wake up and the feeling of the tubes down my throat helping me breathe. I would try to make sense of my body and understand what had happened but I was only conscious for short periods of time. However, those were the moments I understood that surviving the accident didn't mean my life would simply return to the way it was before. I had survived, but I was waking up to an entirely different life.
I was discharged from the hospital in early November, while I was still unable to walk or use my right hand. I was suddenly faced with the challenge of learning how to function with a body that could no longer do the things I had always taken for granted. Even the simplest daily tasks became obstacles, and regaining my independence would require patience, determination, and a whole new way of doing things.
My days at the rehabilitation facility became a full-time commitment that began promptly at 7 a.m. Each morning started with receiving breakfast and a medical assistant that shared with me the day's schedule. Different times, but the same routine everyday, revolved around learning how to navigate my new physical limitations. In physical therapy, I worked on transferring from my bed to my wheelchair without putting any weight on my fractured right leg. It also involved learning how to navigate obstacles I had never thought would be before, including stairs, curbs, and ramps. With the severity of my injuries, moving myself safely required plenty of effort and practice. However, I discovered I could pedal myself around using my feet without compromising my fracture. It was a small victory, but it meant I could get around once in my wheelchair without always having to rely on someone else.
Occupational therapy focused on regaining movement and coordination in my injured right hand and wrist, with the goal of eventually being able to bathe and dress myself. At first, our sessions would begin with strength exercises along with some stretching and massaging my scar tissue. Over time as my wrist healed, my therapist began to meet me in my room and we would practice daily tasks like brushing my teeth, dressing myself and sometimes feed myself lunch. With the loss of my left arm, recovering the use of my right hand was especially important. It wasn't just about healing a broken wrist but it was about regaining the ability to care for myself.
(explain what NJ Able account is & how funding/donating there is beneficial and trustworthy)
(explain more about arm loss & major injuries causing daily living complications)
explain the state of when leaving rehab.. still unable to walk
express how living at home complications
brief mention of follow up surgeries & infection
where i am now.. pt & ot .. starting with medeast
mention % of LSLD pool and types of prothesis
closure & thank you
add pictures
if doing a gofundme attatch link as well