08/26/2026
Hi guys, I’m posting this for the new followers and for the people who are asking what happened. On December 13, 2023 I got into a car with a drunk driver as a passenger. We hit ice going 70 miles an hour, flipped into oncoming traffic at 100 mile an hour impact, and my car exploded. Because the driver was knocked out from impact, they were unable to tell anyone that there was someone else in the car (me). They heard what they thought was a baby screaming. I was trapped in my car for seven minutes (I know this detail due to crash detection call) burning alive, trapped by my foot upside down. I woke up 3 months later at Uc Davis Firefighters Burn Center. My head was split in half with my eyeball hanging out, the impact caused me to lose eight different muscles due to the muscles being shredded like hamburger meat. I am 85% covered in burns/skin grafts. My left arm was burned so badly they had to amputate it. The surgeon said that they were able to put their arm through my entire sternum because of how much damage I had. I had to learn how to balance, walk, talk, swallow, and most importantly dance again. The doctors told my parents that I would probably be in the hospital for a year and possibly rarely leave the house due to my circumstance. Probably live with them for the rest of my life. I ended up getting out on April 1st. Fighting for healthcare that would even help me out. Unfortunately there is very minimal burn specialists in my area, let alone the world, because you typically don’t survive. I have seen numerous doctors. I have had 58 surgeries and counting. But most importantly, I can dance again. I can advocate for people in my situation who are told that they will never do something again. Because sometimes those doctors are wrong. They base everything off of the worst. Instead of giving you hope for the best. So here I am once again asking to help me get a prosthetic. I feel a prosthetic will help me integrate myself back into life a lot more smoothly and feel “normal” again.
There is so much more to the story. But this is a short sweet version of it. Thank you, everyone for being by my side through this journey. And thank you, everyone who has donated, fed my family, and have given us hugs in this insane time of our lives.
It’s only up from here!
After my parents being told, I might not ever walk again, or do my favorite things again, here I am dancing and picking up new hobbies. Don’t ever let anyone tell you what you can and can’t do. You got this. You just have to keep pushing. Especially through the hard days.🦾🫶🏻🪩
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