Courtney

And I had to do like all these things like blowing into like a,

this thing, I don't even know what it was called, but this rehab thing, and I had to blow into it, and then I had to swallow my spit, trying to learn how to actually be using those muscles.

But I was just trying to drink the water and I couldn't.

And I was so upset.

But then I remember just thinking, I want to walk.

That first night, I was like, I just want to walk.

I want to prove to everybody I can walk.

At that point, it's like, I just want to get out of here.

Yes.

I just want to...

They were like, oh, okay, we can try to get you to walk.

My mom just said to me, she just remembers me ripping the cords out from the wall that was connecting me to all these stuff, like my IVs, my heart monitor.

I ripped everything out.

And so then they got me a walker and I just started to walk.

And I was emotional at the time because again, I wasn't the same.

I couldn't walk the same.

It was very hard for me to walk.

And I was using a walker too.

And I had like two CNAs with me by my side, helping me to walk.

And I just remember being like,