Way to Go!
She DID it!
BRONZE!
Lets
HEAR IT for EMMA!
After winning her bronze in the Commonwealth Games - she was choking back the tears. I felt a lump in my own throat. This girl ... wow!
As you recall - just months ago - she was in hospital - hit and run
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- On the good news side - man due to appear in court for fail to report and undue care .. (hum - not
dangerous then
Oh well - perhaps they could not make it "stick"
The accident caused a bone fragment to come loose and lodge just millimetres from her spinal cord. Had not the passer-by insisted she kept absolutely still - this could had paralysed her - permanently.
No one knows who the guy was ... and Emma's full of praise for the team of medics who put her back together again - and literally willed her and encouraged her to "get back to it" . She pays a moving tribute to my pals down at at the Salford hospital - let's hear for fot the medic too!
Anyway - back to Emma who says that but for these medics and especailly her Mum helping her through those dark days - she would never have "made it and that there were days when the sheet pain made her want to sleep and never wake up again.!"
Yep - can identify ... but then as she said
Quote:
Once I got up and started the physio and then moved to training and getting my life back - I realised this was actually not quite as hard as anticipated... and just getting back to normality - without having someone feed and bed-bath you - and just thinking how many people made this possible .... I did not want to let them down
A truly brave woman - an inspiration to all!
Now all she wants to do?
Go home to her Mum!
I think Emma has already more than made her Mum's Mother's Day complete
And I'm sure all on this board are all delighted that she not only recovered but achieved so much for herself, country and the sport as well
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