When her first baby was born, Jean Ling spent many nights crying, afraid of dropping her child because she had trouble carrying her. She shares her extraordinary story of rebuilding her life after a devastating car crash.
A Letter to Myself Podcast: Paralysed from waist down after a crash, Jean Ling defies all odds to become a mother
What followed was a period of emotional freefall. In the days following the accident, Jean was consumed by disbelief and grief crying several times a day. She would stay up all night in tears, only able to find respite when she" actually see the sun coming up.” Yet, the most profound impact on Jean’s recovery came not from familiar faces but from an unexpected encounter at the spinal cord unit of the hospital. Among the patients was a newlywed couple whose honeymoon had taken a tragic turn. Like Jean, they had been in a car accident, but the bride’s injuries were far more severe - she was left paralysed from the neck down and struggled to speak.Jean Ling in front of the tree that her car crashed into 10 years ago.
I had my doubts ... , 'Are you really true towards me? Will you really love me as a person in a wheelchair or , will you get tired and give up?'
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