Hated question!

I hate the question, if you were shot in the head why did you lose your left arm? Then I have to explain to them that the brain controls your whole body. So, if you are shot in the left hemisphere of the brain, your right arm and leg may not function correctly, but in me. It is different. I was shot in the left hemisphere of the brain and my left arm and leg do not work correctly. I don’t quite get that, but if my right hemisphere of my brain was damaged. I would be a lot worse off. Thank you for reading.

Bittersweet

What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make? Why?

Introduction-today I am going to talk about the hardest decision I have ever had to make.

Well at the time, I thought it would be an easy decision. I would just go with my cousin down to the river, shoot guns up in the air and go back to his house. I was not anticipating getting shot in the head.

This has left me with a permanent injury to my left arm and I walk with a gimp. My left eye is messed up and I have a brain injury, so that was the hardest decision I have ever made. Didn’t know that the cousin would shoot me in the head, then of course since I was in a coma he lied and said I shot myself in the head. He got away with shooting me in the head. The parents didn’t want to press charges, which they should have. He was family, but that was no excuse, He should have gone to juvenile.

It happened a long time ago, but I still have injuries to my brain and body. No justice no peace. It is hard not to think about it because it limits everything I can do.

In conclusion- the hardest decision I ever had to make was going down to the river with the cousin. I didn’t know at the time, but it really turned my world upside down because now I am injured. Take care of yourselves and thank you for reading.

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.