Hello, my name is Natalie and I was involved in an automobile accident on August 13th, 1988. This was the day of my death. My family and I were on the road to Orlando, Florida from New York. When we approached North Carolina, my father was trying to pull into a gas station to get gas. All of a sudden, a truck came out of nowhere and hit the side that I and my mother were sitting. My father had a scratch on his head, my sister had an alaseration on her right shoulder, and I was in very bad condition. In other words, as I saw the truck coming, a went into a shock. My eyes were wide open. As I sat there, EMS came and took me, my father, mother, and sister, to the emergency room.

I, on the other hand, had several broken ribs, several blood transfusions, a cracked pelvis, a closed head injury(bruised brain),Bruised kidneys, a calasped lung, and the like. The doctors performed a tracheostomy, and placed tubes on both sides of my body. The tubes were to drain the fluid from my lungs, and the Tracheostomy was to help me breathe better. My brain was not getting enough oxygen, so I was on a ventilator for a month in ICU. After a month was up, I opened my eyes and my mother was standing by my bedside. Other family members also came in. This was a very happy occasion for everyone. The nusing staff and doctors were so wonderful to me. I was given another chance by God himself. Two years after my accident happened, I gave my life over to God. If it were not for him, I would not be here today telling my story of survival.

Once, out of ICU, I was placed on the seventh floor. I was there for only a week. Once, I was released from the hospital, a family, the McCarters, took us in. My mother and I stayed with them for a week until my father and brother, who was already in Orlando, came down to pick us up.

Ten years after the accident, I became disabled. I am on a lot of medication, but I am still alive. I cannot work at all because of my traumatic brain injury. If you read this story say to yourself, I will be okay as long as God is by my side. "If God is for you,who can be against you."

This is the story about the end of my old life, and into a new one. In other words, the old Natalie died in the accident, and the new Natalie was resurrected.

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