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TBI One Love Survivor Dorothy Brown

Hello, my name is Dorothy.

FIRST I WILL EXPLAINE THAT THE LORD HAS TAKEN AWAY ANY MEMORY OF THE DAY THE ACCIDENT OCCURED, I ONLY REMEBER WAKING UP AND GETTING IN THE CHEVY AVALANCHE PICK UP TRUCK WITH MY FIANCE AT THAT TIME AND HIS DAUGHTER AND HER FRIEND. WE WERE HEADING TO TAMPA, I WOULD HAVE NEVER MOVED IF IT WASN'T THAT I WAS RENTING AN EFFICENTCY APARTMENT THAT HAD SEASONAL RATES THAT HAD BECOME TO EXSPENSIVE FOR MY BUDGET, I WAS DOING AND STARTING A NEW RESIDENTIAL CLEANING BUSSINESS.


 I WAS WANTING TO GO BACK TO THE WEST COAST AND SEE THE BEACH AND WALK THE BEACH AND GO WITH THE FAMILY I HAD BEEN PART OF TO GO SHOPPING AT AN OUTLET MALL. IT WAS GOING TO ALLOW US TO BUY CLOTHES FOR ALL OF THE CHILDREN ATA DISCOUNT PRICE. HIS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THAT DAY, NOT I, SHE WAS GETING OFF THE HWY I75 TO GET ON HWY TO DRIVE DIRECTLY TO TAMPA/ST PETE AREA. I DO NOT REMEMBER THE HWY NUMBER, BUT THE EXIT HAD A VERY HIGH RAMP EXIT THAT WAS VERY STEAP AND SHE WAS DRIVING OVER 90 MPH, HIT THE RAILINGS AND THEN THE ENTIRE TRUCK ROLLED OVER PER ACCIDENT REPORT (6-8) TIMES. ALL THE INSIDES WERE EJECTED!


 I PAID FOR ALL POLICE REPORTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS NEEDED TO SEE AND LEARN FOR MY SELF. THE DRAWING OF WHEN AND WERE THE TRUCK FINALLY STOPPED SHOWED THAT I HAD "FLOWN" THE FARTHEST, MY BODY WAS STOPPED BY GOD FROM GOING DIRECTLY INTO THE ON COMMING HWY TRAFFIC DRIVING AT LEAST 70MPH POSTED. I WAS AIR VAC/ ICU ON LIFE SUPPORT AFTER BEING RESUSITATED. I HAD NO ID LEFT ON ME, EVERYTHING HAD BEEN SCATTERED ALL DOWN THE HILL AND INTO THE HWY. I WAS "JANE DOE" I HAVE HAD TO PAY TO GET ALL INFO TO BE ABLE TO WRITE AND EXPLAIN TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE INCLUDING MYSELF!!!


 MY SON WAS NOTIFIED BY MY X-FIANCE GIVING THE HOSPITAL MY SON'S PHONE NUMBER. HE CAME TO HOSPITAL (ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAAL CENTER ICU UNIT) HE ONLY RECOCNIZED ME BECAUSE OF MY WELL MANICURED FINGER NAILS. I WAS MAKING ENOUGH MONEY TO HAVE THEM DONE PROFFESIONALY AT THAT TIME. I HAD JUST GOTTON THEM DONE FOR THE TRIP TO TAMPA/ST PETE. I WAS THE GIVEN A NAME, MS. DOROTHY MATHEWSON AT THAT TIME. MY OLDEST WAS MY DAUGHTER, MY SON CALLED HER AND MY FATHER. AT THAT TIME, I HAD NOT HAD A LIVING WILL OR A WILL, SO THE STATE OF FLORIDA GIVES MEDICAL CHOICES AND DECISSIONS TO THE OLDEST CHILD WHEN YOU ARE NOT LEGALY MARRIED, WHICH I WAS NOT YET! MY DAUGHTER SIGNED FOR ME TO HAVE MY BRAIN TESTED TO SEE IF STILL BRAIN WAVES ACTIVE, TEST SHOWED YES, SO SHE SIGNED FOR ALL THE NECCESSARY SURGURIES.


I HAD ALOT OF BROKEN AND TORN BODY PARTS. MY SON EXPLAINED TO ME MANY YRS LATER THAT HE WAS ONLY ABLE TO RECOGNIZE ME BECAUSE OF MY MANICURED FINGER NAILS. HE KNEW IT WAS ME!! FUNNY HOW THAT WAS THE ONLY THING MY SON RECOGNIZED ALONG WITH WHAT LONG BLOND HAIR WAS LEFT ON MY HEAD! I HAD TITANIUM RODS SURGICALLY PUT ALONG THE SIDES OF MY SPINE AND SPINAL COLUMB. I ALSO SAW IN X-RAYS TAKEN IN THE END OF 2007 WHEN I FELL DOWN 3 STORY FLIGHT OF STAIRS. AGAIN JESUS PROTECTED ME FROM BEING KILLED OR PARALIZED!!!!!


X-RAYS SHOWED THE 2 RODS AND ALL OF THE SCREWS THAT WERE PERMINITLY PUT IN PLACE IN APRIL OF THAT SAME YEAR. BOTH OF THE RODS HAD BEEN BROKE IN HALF, THE DR THAT HAD ORIGINALY DONE THE SURGURY IS WHO I WENT TO BECAUSE I WAS IN MORE PAIN THAN BEFOR I HAD FALLEN. MY DAD DROVE ME BACK TO ORLANDO TO SEE THE DR.  HE SUGGESTED THAT I CONSENT TO ALLOW HIM TO RE-OPEN MY SPINE AND PLACE NEW RODS, I SAID NO!!!!!!!!!!!! HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT I DID NOT SUFFER WITH PERMINENT PARALIZATION WHEN I HAD FALLEN, SO I WAS NOT GOING TO LET HIM TOUCH ME AT ALL!!!!!!!!!


THE RODS ARE STILL IN PLACE, BUT HEALED WITH THEM BEING BROKEN IN 2 HALVES!!!!! TITANIUM IS IN BOTH OF MY LEGS FROM MY HIPS TO MY ANKLES. I USED TO HAVE VERY UGLY AND SCARY SCARS, AND A BIG HOLE WHERE I HAD LOST ALOT OF TISSUE AND MUSCLE IN MY LEGS, BUT NOT ANY MORE, NOW THEY ARE ALL MUSCLE AND HEALED AND FILLED IN. I HAVE ALREADY EXPLAINED THAT I CAN WALK A VERY LONG TIME!!!!! I HAVE ALWAYS EATEN HEALTHY, AND THE ORTHOPEDIC SUGEON EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THIS WOULD HELP ME IN MY SELF RECOVERY.


 I HAD NO HEALTH INSURANCE THAN, BUT SO THAT I DID NOT SUE MY X-FIANCE AND GO AFTER HIS COMPANY (THE ONLY EXPLANATION HE EVER GAVE TO ME, HE MADE SURE THAT I HAD THE BEST DR'S MONEY COULD BUY. I MYSELF HAD TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY TO HELP GET A SETTLEMENT WITH THE HOSPITAL THAT WAS ABOUT TO HOIT ME WITH A "LAW SUITE TO TAKE EVERYTHING I WOULD EVER HAVE IN MY LIFE TO PAY THE OVER 1 MILLION IN MEDICAL COSTS AND DR BILLS, LET ALONE THE AIR VAC HELICOPTER LIFE SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION FROM MARION COUNTY OCALA TO ORLANDO!!


 I HAD A VERY BRIEF TIME THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR MYSELF, WITH A SPEECH THEREPIST AND A PHYSICAL THEREPIST. THE BILLS WERE TAKING AWAY ANY MIND I HAD AT THAT TIME, SO I STOPPED GOING TO ALL OF THEM AND JUST STUDIED AND RE-LEARNED WHAT I HAD ALREADY KNOW TO SELF HEAL AND DO THEREPHY. I HAVE BEEN BORN WITH "GENIUS GENES" IN MY FAMILY BLOOD LINE. SO I HAVE READ AND STUDIED MY WHOLE LIFE!!!! I HAD STUDIED MEDICAL BOOKS AND MEDICAL SHOWS AND MAGAZINES MY WHOLE LIFE. I DID NOT CHOOSE MEDICAL INSURANCE IN 2012 WHEN MY SSDI WAS APPROVED BECAUSE I DO NOT TAKE ANY MEDICATIONS AT ALL SINCE 2007.


THEY HAD ME TAKING ALL KINDS OF PILLS, I REMEBER HAVING A TABLE WITH ABOUT 10-12 DIFFERENT PILL CONTAINERS THAT ALL HAD ME SLOW, AND SO DRUGGED OUT THAT I COULD NOT GET UP!!!!!I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAREGIVER OR A FAMILY MEMBER THAT HAS LIVED WITH ME OR HELPED ME THREW THIS ALL!!!! I AHVE COME FROM BEING BED RIDDEN, INTO A WHEEL CHAIR INTO A WALKER WITH A SEAT AND BASKET A SHOWER CHAIR SO TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO AND OUT OF THE TUB EVENTUALLY TO A CANE TO WALK WITH TO 9 YRS LATER NOW, NONE OF THE MEDICAL DEVICES NEEDED ANY LONGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


NOW, I DO NOT TAKE MEDICATIONS AS I HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN SINCE 2007, I EAT EXTREMLY HEALTHY STILL I WALK DAILY EVERY DAY SINCE 2008 AND I SEE A DR FOR ANNUAL CK UPS AND BLOOD WORK ATLEAST ONCE A YEAR SINCE 2012 TO SATISFY THE COURTS.   I AM A "MIRACLE, I WALK AND TALK, AND LIVE TO GLORIFY AND PRAISE JESUS, MY SAVIOR AND MY DR., MY HEALER OF ALL AND EVERYTHING!!!!!


 IF IT WASN'T HIS WILL FOR ME TO BE HERE ON THIS EARTH STILL, HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME TO HEAVAN ALREADY!!!!!! MY WORK IS NOT DONE YET!!!!!! HE IS MY BEST FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!! 




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