Jim Harris

I mean, there's probably some psychological coping there. Yeah. But yeah, I think that it seems like that gallows humor is... comes up a lot for people in really sad and gory and traumatic times.

I don't think there was much night staff on duty. I think I got left on the, on like the rigid backboard overnight and not moved to a hospital bed till the morning.

I don't think there was much night staff on duty. I think I got left on the, on like the rigid backboard overnight and not moved to a hospital bed till the morning.

I don't think there was much night staff on duty. I think I got left on the, on like the rigid backboard overnight and not moved to a hospital bed till the morning.

The medical situation was so far above my level of Spanish competency. I leaned really heavily on Google Translate.

The medical situation was so far above my level of Spanish competency. I leaned really heavily on Google Translate.

The medical situation was so far above my level of Spanish competency. I leaned really heavily on Google Translate.

I think I really, out of naivete, made up my mind that I was going to have a recovery and use all the resources and all the willpower that I had at my disposal to shift the course of the outcome. And I wonder if I would have had that same sort of drive and optimism if I had known right away or knew what I know now about spinal cord injuries.

I think I really, out of naivete, made up my mind that I was going to have a recovery and use all the resources and all the willpower that I had at my disposal to shift the course of the outcome. And I wonder if I would have had that same sort of drive and optimism if I had known right away or knew what I know now about spinal cord injuries.

I think I really, out of naivete, made up my mind that I was going to have a recovery and use all the resources and all the willpower that I had at my disposal to shift the course of the outcome. And I wonder if I would have had that same sort of drive and optimism if I had known right away or knew what I know now about spinal cord injuries.

My neurosurgeon was very circumspect in not giving me any definitive prognosis. He was like, well, we'll just have to wait and see. Like, this doesn't look great. Like, these circumstances here are really not ideal. But I was never, I wasn't told that I wasn't going to walk again.

My neurosurgeon was very circumspect in not giving me any definitive prognosis. He was like, well, we'll just have to wait and see. Like, this doesn't look great. Like, these circumstances here are really not ideal. But I was never, I wasn't told that I wasn't going to walk again.

My neurosurgeon was very circumspect in not giving me any definitive prognosis. He was like, well, we'll just have to wait and see. Like, this doesn't look great. Like, these circumstances here are really not ideal. But I was never, I wasn't told that I wasn't going to walk again.

It was a slow shift from wheelchair to walker. And by about seven or eight months post-injury, I really could only walk a few steps with a walker at a time. I was living in an old folks home where my parents had been able to rent themselves an apartment, and I was staying with them.

It was a slow shift from wheelchair to walker. And by about seven or eight months post-injury, I really could only walk a few steps with a walker at a time. I was living in an old folks home where my parents had been able to rent themselves an apartment, and I was staying with them.

It was a slow shift from wheelchair to walker. And by about seven or eight months post-injury, I really could only walk a few steps with a walker at a time. I was living in an old folks home where my parents had been able to rent themselves an apartment, and I was staying with them.

Yeah, I was the youngest person there by decades. Wow.

Yeah, I was the youngest person there by decades. Wow.

Yeah, I was the youngest person there by decades. Wow.

Oh, that was absolutely surreal and a little bit comedic. People who have moved to this assisted living facility are all in this sort of a degenerative phase of life where they've moved to this facility to help...