When I did wake up my brain was damaged. It’s in charge of everything you do, I couldn’t think properly, balance, move or speak as well as I could before. I was a different person – things like my memory, my vision and my energy levels had changed.
13 years on I’m still living with a hidden disability. I’m constantly tired, don’t like noise, and can’t concentrate for long. I’ve never got to finish my degree or follow the career in engineering I had planned.
We since found out that there were 2 people in the car that hit me – both 18 years of age – the driver, who chose for whatever reason to speed, and his girlfriend who was drunk and was distracting him with photo’s on her phone.
Driving is amazing – it brings you freedom, but it also carries huge responsibilities. Mistakes are easy to make and the consequences can’t be reversed.
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