Hey everyone, I am Jacem, a 23 year old female nursing student. I will receive my bachelors in May 2010. I was recommended this website by another user, "End Game RN". She has been a nurse for about 30 years now, and I have the pleasure of knowing her personally. Actually I am very excited because tomorrow she will be taking me to her hospital unit, a level 1 trauma center. Coincidentally it is the same unit I was admitted to after a car accident almost 4 years ago, which resulted in a frontal lobe brain injury. End Game RN knew before my brain injury, and it is one of the reasons she asked me to share my story.
You see, I was on the way to my fiance's house, driving my small 2 door car, when a Hummer didn't yield the left, and hit my side. (Obviously not a fair fight):lol_hitti So I was air lifted to the best trauma center in the area. They removed a hematoma from my frontal lobe, and repaired my skull and eye socket. When I woke up I was a totally different person. My family and friends gave thanks that I was alive, yet feared they had lost the real me. About a month later I left the hospital, and about 2 months later I had regained my true personality, as well as my short and long term memory.
I really give thanks that I had the support of all my family and friends. I am so appreciative to the neurosurgeon, nurses, and therapists. The only thing that really didn't help was a Neuro-rehabilitation doctor that I had. I would leave her office crying every time. She would tell me that I would never have the brain capacity to go back to school , and to choose another dream. When I signed up for my first semester she told me I was making a mistake, and that when I failed it would be difficult to regain my self esteem (yeah the one she kept tearing apart) I kind of almost thank her for that because she really gave me the motivation to prove her wrong, which I did, because not only am I back in school, but I am doing even better than I was before. I have all my family and friends support in my choice to become a nurse. I am a very lucky girl.
Sorry for the lengthy introduction. I just want everyone to understand that every dream is possible. We can all defy the greatest odds. We can NEVER let anyone push us down, and tell us we cant do it AND if they do you have to prove them wrong! :nmbrn:
I wonder if anyone has had a similar situation, and could relate to me.... I would love to hear your story...
