Five Years

Five years.

Five years ago today I was throwing up so bad I was passing out.
Five years ago I was so sick the doctor couldn't get a blood pressure.
Five years ago I was put on my first heart monitor, which saved my life.
Five years ago I was loaded onto an emergency helicoptor and flown to the Children's Hospital in Salt Lake.
Five years ago tonight my heart stopped.  I was equipped with a device that would send a bolt of electricity though my body whenever this happened, in hopes of starting it again.  It hurt so bad I wanted to cry, but would pass out before I got the chance...
Five years ago my body all but shut down.  Machines were taking over, fruitlessly... my skin hurt so bad...
Five years ago I had a ventilator that breathed for me.  I would get so thirsty...
Five years ago I had so many lines and IV's I couldn't count them all.  Course, I would fall asleep from medication mid-sentence...
Five years ago I had a 17% chance of surviving the night...
Five years ago I was being prepped for a short transfer between buildings for an operation, the distance, though short, the doctors didn't expect me to make...

Five years ago my family and I witnessed a miracle.

Five years ago...I lived.  I beat the odds.  I started to get better...
Five years ago I was out of the hospital after 13 days.
Five years ago I was winded after walking up a couple of stairs, and could only go to one or two classes at school a day.
Five years ago I struggled emotionally at school while being in a wheelchair, and being called a "cripple".
Five years ago I was walking, though slowly, to all of my classes by the end of the year.
Five years ago I experienced a life-changing miracle...

...and I'm alive to tell about it, Today.

Miracles exist.

Love, Me.