My post injury Autobiography.
The answer is simple, on June 29, 1991 I dove
off a boat and hit a sand bar at the Colorado river. The sand bar
in question was under some murky water. I could not see the
sand bar, and long story short, I broke my neck at the C-5, C-6 level in
my neck. I am now attending college and am very active in school
and church. Yet there are times as many of us do ask the question
why me?
Why Me?
My injure is C-5 and C-6 fracture, which means
I can breath on my own and have limited use of my upper body and my hands.
The C in the C-5 or C-6 means cervical in other words my neck, and the
number refers to the bones that were broken. There are nine bones in the
neck, so I hit near the middle and broke the fifth and sixth bones in my
neck. I have had to learn to trust and rely on others for most of my care
such as transferring in and out of bed, bathing, washing clothes, and taking
stuff out of my back pack or taking stuff off a shelf with the last two
I only need help sometimes. I can eat food if cut up and put in front of
me with my hand with a fork in it. I have no problem with getting the food
to my mouth either. I can also brush my teeth in the same way when the
stuff is set up before hand. I enjoy books still, books on tape or CD are
really cool. I try to buy both kinds the regular paper and the audio
CD when I can. Writing, drawing and how to use a computer are the
three main goals of my college education. I hope to one day rule the Comic
industries with my well written, well drawn comics on CD using my computer
skills to make the CD accessible to all of the disabled around the world.
I hope to be insightful with my writing by sharing things about myself,
I hope to be dramatic with my pictures by making the action come to life,
and make the CD as easy to use as possible for the many types of disabilities
out there.
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