Kyobanim
10-30-2009, 07:35
"Don't be like the rock and just sink to the bottom and sit there. Be like the ripples in the water and go wherever this takes you. This is going to be an unbelievable adventure."
Story (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-bianchi-bree-back-home-103009,0,1549972.column) Well worth a read.
After six weeks, eight surgeries and a million prayers, Bree is finally home from the hospital. She left her normal life one morning last month as a carefree teenage girl on her way to a carwash fundraiser to raise money for her club soccer team. She came home Wednesday evening as a national symbol of inspiration and hope.
NBC's Today show was in town this week taping a segment on her that will air on Thanksgiving. Cards and donations have been sent from all over the country. One elderly gentleman sent a $10 check to the Sentinel a few days ago. It was all he could afford, but he wanted to do something — anything — for Bree.
"It makes me want to cry when people tell me I am an inspiration to them," Bree says. "I never knew there were so many wonderful people out there."
By now you probably know the story. Bree was at the carwash, getting ready to wash a car driven by one of her best friends and teammates. The driver's foot slipped off the brake and hit the gas. The car surged forward and pinned Bree against a brick wall.
Her lower extremities were crushed.
Her left leg had to be amputated; her right leg had to be rebuilt.
Yet she has miraculously grown stronger than ever, particularly her heart, guts and nerve.
.
Story (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-bianchi-bree-back-home-103009,0,1549972.column) Well worth a read.
After six weeks, eight surgeries and a million prayers, Bree is finally home from the hospital. She left her normal life one morning last month as a carefree teenage girl on her way to a carwash fundraiser to raise money for her club soccer team. She came home Wednesday evening as a national symbol of inspiration and hope.
NBC's Today show was in town this week taping a segment on her that will air on Thanksgiving. Cards and donations have been sent from all over the country. One elderly gentleman sent a $10 check to the Sentinel a few days ago. It was all he could afford, but he wanted to do something — anything — for Bree.
"It makes me want to cry when people tell me I am an inspiration to them," Bree says. "I never knew there were so many wonderful people out there."
By now you probably know the story. Bree was at the carwash, getting ready to wash a car driven by one of her best friends and teammates. The driver's foot slipped off the brake and hit the gas. The car surged forward and pinned Bree against a brick wall.
Her lower extremities were crushed.
Her left leg had to be amputated; her right leg had to be rebuilt.
Yet she has miraculously grown stronger than ever, particularly her heart, guts and nerve.
.