My life was changed drastically as a result of being hit by a car while walking in my neighborhood. I now have many difficulties with my memory and problem solving. I also experience spasticity with my left leg that has consequently affected my walking gait. The young boy that hit me originally with his car was even given a respite by my husband who felt that he was too young to punish.

Unfortunately after the second baclofen surgery, I was unable to walk and was wheelchair bound for almost a year. I began to feel hatred toward my doctors because it was extremely difficult to prove that I walked in the hospital that day using a cane and came out using a wheelchair. It is our word against theirs so no lawsuit was filed.

Whenever you have surgery, you are asked to fill out a form that you are aware of the risks, and it has so many possibilities of “What if’s. You don’t realize that you are also signing away a chance to make them liable.

I feel bitterness because no one is even going to take responsibility. It was an accident I have been told. What do I do with this now? Well, I can get angry or I can just deal with it. “It is what it is,” has become my new philosophy. What choice do I have with my predicament?