Happy one year anniversary to me! It was one year ago today that I was in the car accident that changed my life {not to sound dramatic and all}!
As many know, I was on my way home from work at night and I went to turn left at the light and a car sped over a hill and ran a red light hitting me practically head on. Luckily everyone was ok and people had stopped to help including a very nice lady who happened to be a nurse. She assessed my leg and from what she could tell it was definitely broken which explains the amount of pain I was in and the swelling of my leg. My parents were notified and the ambulance showed up. They had to take off both doors of my side of the car in order to get me out and not injure my leg anymore. Then it was a speedy ride to the hospital where I was prepped for surgery to insert a titanium rod through my femur {which had been broken straight across}. Then it was into recovery and a hospital bed until Christmas Eve. I would have been out sooner but something with my blood level was down and had to a have a blood transfusion to get it stable again. So that’s basically it in a nutshell!
Honestly I’m so grateful for what happened to me and what I had to go through. It was a trial but it ended up being the best thing that could have happened to me. When I think back to that night in the car, I was fully conscious for everything. Both airbags deployed and white smoke was everywhere but I know that someone was watching out for me. I didn’t even hit the airbag. Something was protecting me…. I am so grateful for all the love and support that I was shown. It was so thoughtful of everyone and people that would call or stop by to check on me. I realized how important family really is to me and that I wanted to spend more time with them no matter what. I realized what goals I wanted to work towards and how I could accomplish them. I realized how much people really care about me and wanted to make sure I was ok. I realized how important the gospel is in my life and that I wouldn’t be where I am today without it. I even managed to hobble my way to the temple to do baptisms one day. I realized that because of the way I was living my life, Heavenly Father sent his angels to protect me. I also realized that through this unusual accident, events were put in place that led me to meet my amazing husband and how grateful I am for that!!!!:)
I don’t plan to get in any more accidents soon though! With a lot of physical therapy I’m back to normal, aside from the neck pain I deal with! Aust and I even played on a coed soccer team earlier in the fall! I am very grateful for this blessing in disguise! But I’ll try and stay out of the hospital next time!
