A Beautiful Song: A Musical Soul Story by Cantwell Michael

A Beautiful Song: A Musical Soul Story by Cantwell Michael

Author:Cantwell, Michael [Cantwell, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: KSM Publishing
Published: 2011-10-23T16:00:00+00:00


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Chapter 17

The oncoming car blasted its way into my passenger door. We were pushed completely through the intersection. The car didn’t stop until we were wrapped around a pole on the other side of the intersection, with the car that hit us punctured into my door. I have no idea how I stayed awake for most of the ordeal, but I did. In mere seconds, I could hear the sirens heading in our direction. My driver was not talking at all. I tried to get him to speak, but I was so twisted around I could not see or hear him. All I saw was blood on the shattered windshield. I could not move and no longer felt the use of my legs or my arms. I could move my fingers, but I was so wedged in the car now, I was afraid to try and move. I started to think about my daughters, my wife, and if would ever see them again. I thought about the fact that I could not move. I was worried I was paralyzed. I then started to pray and ask for help and then forgiveness of my sins. I didn’t know what else to do until finally I heard someone trying to speak to me.

A deep voice asked if I could hear him. “Yes” I replied. “Don’t move” he says, as if I could. I could hear then what sounded like them trying to move the other car away from me. It seemed like hours to get that done, though I was told later they did it in a few minutes. All I could hear was the sound of them cutting me from the car. It seemed like an eternity. They finally reached me and then nothing. Total darkness consumed me.

I woke up more than two weeks later from a coma. When I awoke, Elise was sitting there along with my mother. I was having a hard time registering my eye sight, but I could make out enough to know it was them. I assumed I was in a hospital bed with the surrounding noises that were starting to register in my brain. I could not speak. It felt like I had something in my throat, but I was not sure. When I moved with the slightest motion I felt a surge of nurses and doctors start to hover over me. Someone started to ask me a series of questions and wanted me to squeeze their hand. I really wanted to be left alone at that moment, so I really don’t know how long that exercise continued. I still felt like I could not move but, I was terrified to ask if I was paralyzed. I started to think about why this could happen to me. My life was moving along so perfectly and now I was lying in a hospital bed wondering if I should ask if I was paralyzed. The doctor told me later, I already had several surgeries including



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