By Chelsey-Ann Fernandez Lawrence When I was 17, my parents told me that there were three times I almost died in the ICU. One time, I stopped breathing. The other time, my blood pressure fell really low. Another time, I was losing a great deal of blood and nobody knew why. When I recovered, the doctors called me "the miracle child" because they couldn't believe it when, within a week after waking up from my coma, I was talking, walking (as much as I could anyway), and laughing again. At 17 I was given a second chance at life Looking back, I wonder if I made the most of this second chance in life. I did change my life direction. I went from planning on going to law school to planning a career in human services. I sought to volunteer … [Read more...]
