So that is how quickly life can change in the morning my left bicep my left arm
A couple hours later, post-hand-ripping-off almost dying on my way to the hospital
a couple hours later waiting for emergency surgery
you have to be willing to find the light though
You have to be willing to believe in yourself and to believe in your story
And to believe that there's more than what you're going through and that what you're going through is going to bring you
Further into who you're supposed to be and your calling and find the good in it
Oh my goodness guys it is the six year anniversary of my accident this week today
I'm just gonna retell my story because I told my story on this channel about three years ago
But I feel like I told it completely different than I would tell it today
i'm going to be telling this story today as if
None of you guys have ever heard it before as if it's your first time and you know, nothing
so i'm going to start with a little bit of backstory of who I was before my accident and just
The type of girl that I was growing up. I was extremely extremely extremely extremely determined I knew exactly
What I wanted to be who I wanted to be. I wanted to be a professional dancer and
I was on my way to doing that. I was training every single day like 40 hours a week
I was the only person in the gym
every single day like when I mean every single day literally in between
School blocks in between my dance blocks. I was always working out. I ended up graduating high school a year early at age 16 and
This was june 25th 2014. I was officially done high school. I was about to be moving to the city
Then for the next couple of days, I spent a lot of time with my fam
Which you might have seen in my last video
Which was exposing the last week of my camera before?
My accident so you can click right there if you didn't see that yet
These were some photos that I took with my family and this one here is pretty crazy
It's literally the last photo with my sister with my left hand and that's like my left hand hanging over her
And then the next day was june 30 2014. I woke up. It was a regular normal day
So I went to the gym that morning just as you know a gym session before going to the lake that day
So after the gym, we drove down to the lake I was with two of my good friends
We loaded the boat. We got in the boat. We blew up the tube
we went and picked up a bunch of girls and friends from the beach part of the lake and it was
a beautiful day
We were just tubing all day. I was having the best time. I remember sending my mom a video of literally me tubing being like
Thank you so much for letting me come out i'm having so much fun. This is the best day blah blah blah
So after a couple hours of tubing the girls have forgot something on the beach
So they wanted to go back to the beach to pick it up
So we drove into the beach launch and then they went and they couldn't find it
But meanwhile another boat pulled up beside us and there's a group of some of my other friends
And they said why don't we just go meet in the middle of the lake and we'll go hang out there with the two boats
And we're like, okay
Okay, so the girls are taking so long and we're like let's just leave them because they're taking too long
And so the first belt left and then we left behind them
So at this point we were kind of done tubing for the time being so the tube was too big to fit like stuck
Inside the back boat. So it's just resting on the back from what I remember again
This is six years later. So it's not perfectly clear. We were going for just a regular speed
We weren't speeding we were just coming out of kind of the zone
And so all of a sudden the tube falls out of the back of the boat and my initial reaction is oh no the two
so I went back to reach for the tube and I went like this with my left hand which was weird because you think since
I was right-handed. I would have gone with my right hand, but I went with my left so I reached backwards
And then my hand got tangled in the rope the tube. I think it's submarine
So then it ripped me out of the back ripped me out
And so I literally was like this and then went flying
Out the back of the boat and I ripped way back. Like I didn't go into the propeller or anything. I literally just like
Ripped out of the boat and ripped across the lake from then I had no idea what had happened
I rose up from the water and I remember feeling like oh my shoulder feels a little bit weird
So I rose my left hand to be like hey come get me and I saw that I had no
hand like my
Everything was ripped off. I was surrounded by blood and bones and that's all that I could see and I remember
As in the water and I was just screaming and I screamed hand
multiple times and that's all
that I could get out of my mouth at that point was just like hand and
hand the people that were on the boat came back and they picked me up and they
Wrapped up my arm right away in a towel
And we sped to the boat lunch and I just remember thinking like this isn't real this isn't real this isn't real
This is a nightmare. This is a nightmare. This is a nightmare because it's this like
realization that
Literally in the moment of a second
my life was I didn't know if I was gonna live and I didn't know what my life was going to look like and
everything changed in
A moment and I remember just crying out like please god
Don't take me don't take me we pulled up to the boat launch, and I remember first responders came from all around the lake
And they're asking me questions and I knew all the answers and I was really calm and I was literally lying there
And I remember somebody asked me to put a wet towel on me and I told them I was tanning
That I didn't need it
So that was like my mind space because I think I was just so in shock
Meanwhile while I was at the boat launch, there was a team that went out to go search for the tube to try and find
My hand as were bad as that sounds the team actually ended up finding the tube
They rolled up the rope to the tube and my hand was holding on to the rope
With all my ligaments hanging out because you can see that like all of this all ripped out with my hand
So all of that was just like dangling off my hand when they found it so they found my hand
they put it in a freezer thing and the
That was going to end up coming with me to the hospital in case they could reattach it
So from there, I got into an ambulance right away and the ambulance went to the nearest helicopter pad
which then I got helicopter to children's hospital, which at this point guys, I should be like
dead or completely passed out like
there was a couple miracles that happened between the
These two times as they said first thing is when I was in the water and as in the deepest part of the lake
the amount of shock that I would have been in should have
Literally sent me to drown because the guys had to circle all the way back to kind of get me
But I was just treading for water and I was loot. I was losing all my
Blood but I was like i'm gonna stay above this water i'm gonna stay above this water
And so it's a miracle that I didn't drown and then you'd think because my whole limb just ripped off
And once I got an ambulance and they unraveled the towel that was on my arm. There was literally no blood on the towel
which is insane because
think about all the blood that pumps to your hand and through your arm, and I had literally the towel was not
bloody, which is just
only
Only god from there. I was also fully awake
like they were giving me insane medications, but I was on the helicopter and I was talking to the the paramedics and I was saying
With that I wanted to be a professional dancer and how much I love dance and I asked them to go into my purse
To take a picture of me and i'll show you this photo right here
But this is literally me like smiling in the helicopter. And these people are probably like who the frick is this girl?
And what is she?
What is wrong with her because i'm literally like dying and i'm all I care about is
My future and dance and the things that I love
it's actually a funny moment because I got out of the
Helicopter and they were rolling me into the hospital and I took off like my blanket because I was like i'm tanning
And um, yeah just a classic classic crusty moment got into
The emergency room I had to wait there for a couple hours
So my oma came with me and that's where I got these photos that i'll show you that I ended up posting on snapchat
So if I don't go back down in some sort of snapchat legendary book i'm complaining
This is how the world pretty much
Found out about my accident and just to clarify those drugs were the medical drugs that they were giving me. I was not
Actually on drugs and I went into surgery so I got into the surgery room
I looked all around and I remember like specifically looking at every single surgeon
And just saying that god had a plan for me
which was really crazy because even when it first happened
Like my first initial reaction was to call out to god and asked not to be taken and not to die
And then before I went down I was saying that god had a plan for me and at this point
I had gone to church a little bit growing up
But like god was not a huge part of my life. I know like I know that on that day jesus saved me so
Moving on from that I went into the surgery and had my hand and so pretty much when you're reattaching a limb
It'd be one thing if it was like a slice but this was obviously a rip so I had stuff that was ripped
All the way up into my shoulder and so the risks were that one
It could have been fine if they reattached it two it would have been in so much pain
They'd have to re-amputate it and take it off three. I would have been completely paralyzed
So it would have just been a dead hand
And so from me telling them that I wanted to be a professional dancer and that I was an athlete and all of these things
They kind of took the initiative to not reattach it
I don't know if they actually asked me. I don't think they did. But um, I think I was just in such critical condition
Obviously in my body, but they did not reattach my hand, but there was the option too
But they decided that it was not the best option
I'm going to kind of skip forward a little bit because that's the story of the accident itself
But in the hospital right away like i'm going to show you guys some pictures over here
But I was so positive like in all of these photos. I was smiling. I was with my family because I remember like
Seeing your family in a time like that when it initiated something in me that I was like i'm
Gonna make my life better with one hand that it could have ever been with two i'm gonna be strong. I have to be strong
For them like i'm gonna do this i'm gonna overcome this and it's gonna be okay and that was just my attitude from day one
We're in the hospital for only probably about four days because I was really okay
I just wanted to leave I wanted to get home. I wanted to see my friends and and my family i'm there I was
Recovering day by day. I mean that's a whole nother video i'll link the video that I do have about my recovery up here
So you just learn life all over again. Like I felt like I was starting at day one
but the only thing that didn't change was my passion for dance and my determination to dance so
After a month, I was back in the gym after two months. I was back dancing full-time
A year later. I ended up moving to the city and I ended up being in a dance training program
And then I ended up working in film for a couple years working on disney channel
and that kind of led me to social media, which is now
But this video itself is not about all of that. This video itself is about the day and where I am six years later and
it's so funny because I was writing in my journal the other day and it
it's weird that I always call it an accident because I just I
Feel like it wasn't an accident. Like I feel like this was really the beginning of my purpose and of my life and
when everything changed and everything began and the best thing that's ever ever happened to me this week is never
a sad week
this week is always a week of celebration and of love and of victory because I
Like I know guys that I am exactly who i'm supposed to be i'm exactly where i'm supposed to be
I look exactly the way that i'm supposed to look and I am called to share this story and that is why
I will never stop talking about on this channel. I know guys I know that i'm more than my amputation
I'm more than my story but my story is a story of hope. It's a story of inspiration
It's a story that has power to change people's life and change people's perspective
so a piece of my life will always be sharing my story and I will always share my testimony and I will always
Share what god did in my life on that day and continues to do through me
To this day every single day i'm getting stronger every single day i'm growing every single day
I feel more in line with my purpose and what i'm supposed to do
And I know it all comes down to reaching people and not just talking about this day in itself
But that just you can get through anything guys that there is light at the end of the tunnel cherry
And the other side doesn't always come
The next day or the next week or the next month? Like I am six years later after my accident and I feel like
I just kind of reached the other side of it a year ago
and so I went through a lot of crap in those five years to find the place that I am today and to feel
the confidence that I have today and have the life that I have today because
that's a journey it doesn't just happen but man when you get to that other side like
everything i've been through has been worth it because I am exactly
Who i'm supposed to be and I wouldn't be here without every single trial that I endured
every single change every single career path every single choice that i've made everything has led me to be
Me today, and I literally would not change anything
So overall, I know there's quite a few videos that have come out about this
But this is just kind of the full story wrapped in one guys. I just wanted to give you all of the information
In one video and talk about it because every time I share my story it has opportunity to reach new people
So, please share this video, please share it with somebody that needs
some sort of awakening
Or needs to be inspired because you are strong enough to get through you will get through this whatever you're walking through right now
just remember that like the victory is worth it and the victory is coming and
There's a god that sees you from the side of victory already. I know that when my accident happened god saw who I am today
At the beginning of everything and he knew that what I would become and who I would become
And so I just believe in that so much. I just believe that
Everything happened the way that it was supposed to and and I just believe that everything that's happened god has made good of it
And that there is so much hope in my future
there is so much to look forward to it's crazy because I feel like I
Have been through so much and i've seen so much good in my life
But I know that this is nothing compared to what god has planned for me and what is ahead of me?
So i'm just really excited and this week. I am celebrating with my family i'm celebrating with my friends i'm celebrating
With myself and just feeling victorious and i'm so excited to see
Where else this takes me and who else gets to hear the story this time
And make sure you follow me on all my other platforms because i'm always posting little
inspirational bits or inspirational captions on my instagram if you want to follow me there I
love you guys so much and really this story is what brought you guys all to me because a lot of you guys
Came here from my first video of this
and so I just want to say thank you for giving me the platform and the opportunity to share my story and
I love you guys and happy june 30th. This is a day of celebration
It's a day of life and it's a day of love. So go enjoy yourselves and leave me a comment down below
I love you guys a lot and I will see my next video
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