Chapter 1: Falling Down, Waking Up

October 22,2015 to September 19, 2016 
Surviving * Thriving * Healing
11 months of awakening to survive, building basic life skills to thrive.

​At 12:30am on October 22, 2015 I fell down a flight of stairs. I have no memory of the fall. My only memory is the face of my dear fried Kevin teeling me I had an accident, help was on the way and I was going to be OK.  I was taken to the emergency room and rushed into emergency surgery. My spinal cord was damaged and they put in rods and screws into my cervical vertebrae to create space and stabilize the area.  

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The Hospital

On October 22, 2015 I fell down the stairs of my friends house in the middle of the night. I have no memory of the fall. In fact, I have no memory of anything after going to sleep early that evening. There is no explanation for why I fell. Read more...

The Return

After and incredible month of healing in India, visits to Florida, Philidelphia, Washington DC, North Carolina, Haiti - I returned to Pittsburgh, More story coming soon. 

Chapter  One Travels

After I got out of the hospital my mom and I spent a few weeks in an apartment, then we flew to New York for the holidays with the family. We celebrated the New Year at her home in Florida and January in Pittsburgh.  In February I flew to India. More story coming soon. 

The Lessons

I love to say that the biggest lesson I've learned from this experience is....and then fill it in with one of a bunch of important lessons I've learned. More story about the most important of these lessons coming soon. 

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