I Will Not Be Broken: by Jerry White - Connect
PAM SMITH

WHITE HALL

12/11/2008 12:29:54 AM
I HAD A CAR WRECK ON AUG. 12, 2007, SHATTERING MY RIGHT HEEL, FRACTURING MY LEFT FOOT, AND SIX SETS OF STITCHES.  THE DOCTOR SAVED MY FOOT, BUT I ENDED UP HAVING SIX DIFFERENT SURGERIES WITHIN ONE YEAR.  I WAS GOING TO THE WOUND CENTER ONCE A WEEK, OXYGEN CHAMBER TWO HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, BONE DOCTOR ONCE A WEEK, AND NOTHING WOULD WORK.  AS SOON AS I WOULD THINK SOMETHING WAS WORKING, PIECES OF BONE FRAGMENTS WOULD WORK ITS WAY OUT OF ONE OF THE THREE HOLES IN MY FOOT.  I, THEN, FINALLY DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE AMPUTATION SURGERY, NOT REALLY KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.  I NEVER GOT TO TALK TO AN AMPUTEE, BEFORE THE SURGERY.  MY AUNT SENT ME THIS BOOK ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE SURGERY, AND IT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT MADE ME SO OPTIMISTIC, ABOUT THIS WHOLE ACCIDENT.  YOUR STORIES WERE SO MOVING.  I HONESTLY DO NOT KNOW HOW I WOULD HAVE REACTED, HAD I NOT READ THIS AWESOME BOOK!!  NOW, IT HAS BEEN ABOUT THREE MONTHS SINCE MY AMPUTATION SURGERY AND I AM NOW WALKING ONE MILE ON THE TREADMILL, LOVING LIFE, AND BEING GRATEFUL FOR ALL THINGS IN THE WORLD.  NOW I PLAN ON GOING TO SCHOOL, AND PURSUING A CAREER IN THE PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOTIC FIELD.  I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.  I HOPE YOU TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES LIKE YOU DID MINE.  MAY GOD BLESS YOU.

WHEN I CAN GET SOME PICS ON THE COMPUTER I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU A PIC OF MY FOOT AND MY CAR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM.

PAM