Believe in yourself and make the impossible possible in your life!
Ten years ago, I fell from a standing position onto a sidewalk.
The bones in my right ankle on both sides of the ankle and 6 inches above shattered into tiny fragments. A helicopter airlifted me to the hospital.
At the hospital, doctors wanted to amputate my foot. The x-rays showed too much damage for me to ever walk again. My bones were like a jigsaw puzzle and the doctors believed they would not be able to put them back together.
Nurses first gave me strong pain medication in my IV, and then gave me a consent form to sign. Since it would have given them permission to amputate my foot, I refused to sign it In spite of the narcotic medication in my system. Although they tried to get me to sign the same consent form many times, I waited until they gave me a presented one that gave permission to repair my foot.
A group of orthopedic surgeons worked for 8 hours to piece my foot back together. When I woke up in the recovery room, they stood around my bed and gave me “bad news”. Although the bones might heal, walking again is impossible. The nerves, ligaments, and tendons in the entire area had been destroyed and they had removed them in surgery. I confidently told them I would bring my pedometer and show them how far I had just jogged six months from today. Looking at me as if I was a mental case, they just shook their heads and walked off.
Never give up!
At home, I refused to take narcotic pain medication even though the pain was horrific. When the pain got too bad during the day or at night, I filled my bathtub, removed my cast, and did physical therapy in the warm water.
At first, I stumbled around on crutches, but I gradually improved. And a few weeks later, I walked leaning on walls and furniture. Two months later I walked unaided. And three months later I started jogging.
Like I had promised, I drove to the hospital exactly six months after the surgery. Jogging from the door of the ER to the desk where one of my surgeons was standing and talking and I showed him my pedometer. I had just jogged 2.5 miles.
My surgeon looked absolutely shocked! “You broke your foot badly about six months ago. There is no way you can walk now but…”, he stuttered.
I am not the only person who can do “the impossible”. You can do it too. So just keep believing you will succeed and keep trying until you do.
You and your beliefs truly are your limits!
Let the encouraging words in these bobbiejrae posts help you
soar like an eagle above life’s storms.
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Survive in spite of adversity!
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One comment on “The Impossible is Possible!”
Karl
April 12, 2018 at 12:14 pmYou and I are kindred spirits. I believe the world is in the predicament it’s in because of “realistic expectations”. Reality is very subjective; I never let anyone impose their ideas of what is “realistic” onto me. Even myself at times. Once again, you’ve inspired me. Than-you!