A 28-year-old woman from Oregon has recalled the moment she was paralysed from the waist down after severing her spine in a freak accident. Danielle Drummond had hoped for a fresh start in a new state but the tragic accident has left her with a severed spine and needing a wheelchair to get around after she and a friend tried to move a piano. She was moving the heavy instrument last month when the friend she had been helping lost her grip and dropped the “whole upright piano” on her, WIWO reports.
Danielle, who had only recently moved to Oregon from Ohio, was rushed to hospital where doctors performed emergency surgery on her. But she was given the terrible news that the accident had severed her spinal cord, leaving her paralysed from the waist down. “I’m trying to keep in high spirits because I know this is my life now, but it’s hard,” she told the outlet.
“As of right now, I need a lot more physical therapy . I need to rebuild my strength.” READ MORE: Teen girl trafficked to US from Mexico rescued after pleading for help in desperate text to 911 Danielle will need extensive rehab after he spine was severed in the freak accident ( Image: GoFundMe) Her sister said Danielle was recovering well at hospital but still needs somewhere to live ( Image: Facebook) Danielle will need extensive rehab following the injury as well as a home health aid, which presents more difficulties for her as she was living in her van with her dog Lotus before the accident.
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