What is my injury!

What’s something most people don’t know about you?

Introduction- in this blog, we are going to discuss what most people do not know about me. They see me walking with a limp and my left arm on top of my stomach, but not many know why I am like this.

Some ask, but many guess cerebral palsy, which is incorrect because then I would have been born with the injury. Cerebral palsy is a condition that affects movement and posture. It is a result of a damaged brain in utero.

I am not open with my disability in Tucson. Many do not know that I have a traumatic brain injury, due to being shot in the head when I was 13 years old.

Many people also do not know that I didn’t receive any justice for the injury. My family let the cousin who shot me in the head just get away with it. No money from him or his family or he did not go to the juvenile detention center, which he certainly belonged there. I am still mad at my mom and dad for this. I cannot see them.

The reason why is because he lied and said I shot myself in the head and everyone believed him because I was in a coma. Even though, I would have probably not been here if I shot myself in the head.

When I awoke from the coma, I told my dad , the cousin shot me in the head, but nothing came of it. It worked out to his benefit. He just walked. No court no nothing. No consequences. It was a drag for me. I was on medication so I could not talk, or walk. I had to relearn to do everything. I felt like I was reborn again, but I learned to do most things myself and I am still learning to do things for myself.

In conclusion, I went over that not very many people know about my disability, which is a traumatic brain injury. I was shot in the head when I was 13 years old. Also, not very many people know that I didn’t receive any justice for the injury. My family just let the cousin walk away from the injury like nothing happened. No court date, no money, no juvenile detention center. It was screwed up. He got to live a normal life, while I had to relearn to do everything again, such as talking and walking and wiping my butt. There are still many things for me to learn, but I will learn them day by day. Thank you for reading.