Narrative Essay On Physical Therapy

Amy and I began our long drive back home from our tour of the University of Virginia after spending every waking second of February break examining every nook and cranny of the school. Amy turned on the radio in order to distract us from the thought of having to drive 32 hours back to Arizona in the middle of winter storm Zander. The car began to swerve over the ice slicked roads as we merged onto Route 66, yet Amy did not seem to notice this slight drift. I leaned my head against the window to get a glance at the scenery around us when the screech of tires sounded next to our car. I looked up to see our car glide towards a black midnight Chevrolet pick-up truck at 69 mph. Amy yanked the wheel to the right in a final attempt to swerve out of the way, but it was no use, our car had already …show more content…
We will give you a week to rest and then you will begin physical therapy to learned how to live your life again with this disability.” She left moments after, but i was too fazed to even notice. My whole life, all of it, was now over. I had lost my best, friend my ability to walk, and my will to live. Jessica walked in a two weeks later for my sixth physical therapy session at 10:30. I was already beginning to give up hope that my life would ever be back to normal, yet Jessica still managed to keep me motivated. She acted as my mom when since she was not around anymore to be with me. My biggest fear through all of this was having to go into the real world with the disability. How would I go to college or every get a job? These questions kept me up at night and made my hope to move forward slowly diminish. Jessica wheeled me in to the room two doors down and we began with my usual leg stretches. Jessica had to force me to do every movement I was assigned and I argued every step of the way. The simple things that I took for granted when I could walked depressed me more when I realized I could no longer do