Ramona Pearson
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 17 Jul
Ramona Pearson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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When I was 22 years old, I came home from work, put a leash on my dog and went for my usual run.
While I was preparing my dog for the run, a man was finishing drinking at a bar, picked up his car keys, got into a car and headed south or wherever he was.
I was running across the street and the only thing that I actually remember is feeling like a grenade went off in my head.
What had happened is he ran a red light and hit me, my dog.
She ended up underneath the car.
I flew out in front of the car and then he ran over my legs.
I had no idea what was going on, but strangers intervened, kept my heart moving, beating.
I say moving because it was quivering and they were trying to put a beat back into it.
Somebody was smart and put a big pin in my neck to open up my airway so that I could get some air in there and
Somehow I ended up at the hospital, I was wrapped in ice, and then eventually put into a drug-induced coma.
Eighteen months later, I woke up.
I was blind, I couldn't speak, and I couldn't walk.
I was 64 pounds.
I had more than 50 surgeries, but who's counting?
Eventually, the hospital decided it was time for me to go.
They needed to open up space for somebody else they thought could come back from whatever they were going through.
Everybody lost faith in me being able to recover.
So they basically put a map up on the wall, threw a dart, and it landed at a senior home here in Colorado.
And I know all of you are scratching your head, a senior citizen's home, what in the world are you going to do there?
But if you think about all of the skills and talent that are in this room right now, that's what a senior home has.
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