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Life After Losing a Limb
Sharan Bryson never looks at what she doesn’t have – she always seems to find the gifts around every corner. “I am sitting here before you today a true miracle – a true miracle – because I was dead”, Sharan said. Her story began just before Thanksgiving 2010, when unexplained stomach pain resulted in her losting her leg, but in the end – saved her life. “I know God was with me that night”, Sharan said. Sharan’s story starts with a phone call to her mom. Sharan was having trouble … Continue reading →
Traci Praises Trauma Team
“God Put Me in Their Hands” As she lay in her crumpled Toyota Siena van, all Traci Wickham could think about was her kids. A semi-trailer truck had just run a red light and T-boned her van on the driver’s side. Her pelvis was crushed and although she didn’t know it yet, one side had actually broken off inside of her. The pain was unbearable. But she was worried that her three children had been hurt. She didn’t realize she’d already dropped them off at school. A pharmaceutical rep, Traci … Continue reading →
Ed Walks Again
You never know what life is going to throw at you. Sometimes it’s best you don’t know. It was the day after Christmas 2008; Ed Thompson was enjoying his life. It was my first day of vacation”, Ed said. Ed decided to get some work done around the house. I noticed a gutter had fallen off the roof of my house”, Ed said. That’s when life threw Ed his curveball. He got up on the roof to fix the gutter and started to slide back. I laid down to try … Continue reading →
Elizabeth Survived Two Strokes
It was a reality check for Elizabeth Pokorny. She spent the better part of her life taking care of everyone else. Elizabeth is a mom first, and a nurse a close second. So when she suffered a mild stroke, she had to learn to rely on others. “I started to call it my stroke of luck”, Elizabeth said. Elizabeth was only in the hospital for a day or two. The stroke affected her vision but not for long – and then it happened again. “I started to have some problems … Continue reading →
Jermaine’s Brain Injury
“I thought I was on top of the world”, Jermaine Hickey said. And by all accounts he was on the fast-track. In 2010, Jermaine was barely out of college and already a homeowner, climbing the corporate ladder as a financial planner. But something happened one night on his way home from an outing with friends. “I’m going to cry just thinking about it”, Jermaine said. His car ended up in a ditch. “I completely wrecked my car; it was all gone”, Jermaine said. Most of that night is still a … Continue reading →