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WyattsQuietRiot29 karma

To be honest I didn't know I got stabbed. I didn't feel it. The actual stabbing cut the ligaments in my neck which weekend the structure. Then I was knocked down and hit my forehead on the ground. The first thing that happened was an immediate PING sound. I thought to myself "Oh I must be about to be knocked out," but that never happened. Then I went to get up and couldn't move anything at all. Then my friends picked my up (never do this with a neck injury) and drove me to the hospital. I was so convinced that I had just fallen that I actually got into an argument with the police officer who came and asked me who stabbed me. The first few months are really blurry. I was on a ton of medications. I remember a lot of anxiety attacks, particularly at night because I couldn't move to get comfortable. Then months and months of physical rehab.

WyattsQuietRiot25 karma

So growing up I was friends with everyone; the nerds, the stoners, the cowboys, Jocks, and the gangsters. For some reason I just seemed to click with everyone. While I was in the hospital a guy who I had been friends with, definitely what you would consider a gangster, (for context he's currently serving a life sentence in prison) came to my hospital room. He told me he knew who had stabbed me, lifted up his shirt, flashed me a gun, and said "Give me the word and I'll take care of it." I told him "no, that's not what I wanted." and that was the end of it. I've been told by a few other people that they knew who the guy was, but there were never any arrests made or anything like that. I have forgiven him though, and wish no ill will.

WyattsQuietRiot17 karma

That is a SUPER difficult question to answer. I can't say I miss it because they weren't born yet when I got injured, but I have a very young nephew and niece who I would love to just pick up and hold. They climb on me so we kind of make due, but it would just be awesome to be able to interact with them more than I'm currently able to do.

And thank you. Actually he wasn't, but that's another story.

WyattsQuietRiot10 karma

So quadriplegic doesn't necessarily mean you can't move your arms. That's how I started out. Completely dead from the neck down. What quadriplegic actually means that you don't have full control of your upper extremities. In my case, after a lot of hard work, it's now just the backs of my arms and hands that are affected. After paralysis your tendons tighten up if they're not stretched. This allows for me to close my hand when I flex my wrist up. I also have a tool that is shaped like a bicycle grip that has a piece of plastic coming out of it that is shaped a bit like a finger. So I hold the tool by flexing my wrist, and type like an old person who types everything with one finger.

My daily exercise consists of some weight lifting, pretty light weights because my hands aren't able to hold onto anything heavy, and me flexing the muscles in my body that I can move, as many times as possibly, before the nerves lose signal. It's weird. You'd think if I could straighten my leg out once I should be able to do it all the time. That's not how it works. The muscles don't get tired, the nerve signals get weaker and weaker after every movement. I am grateful for that little bit of movement though. It makes my life drastically easier then it was before when I had no movement at all.

WyattsQuietRiot9 karma

Yeah definitely. I've gotten really into science, philosophy, theology, physics, metaphysics... all kinds of random interesting subjects that I probably never would have gotten into if it weren't for the injury.

As for accomplishments, after my injury I decided to start college and got my degree in IT. I was pretty proud of that.