An 11-year-old girl from Bluffdale is seeing the good in life after getting a second chance after a car accident that left her paralyzed.
BLUFFDALE — Sophia Ostler and her family are taking things day-by-day after the 11-year-old suffered a severe spinal cord injury that left her paralyzed below the neck.Ostler, from Bluffdale, was involved in a car accident in West Valley City on July 29. Police said the driver of the car she was in ran a red light, causing a truck to hit them.
"We were at home, and I know that she was on her way to see her cousins in a play that they were doing," said her father, Craig Ostler. "We got a call that she had been in a wreck and was taken to a hospital out in West Valley.""It kind of just went blank for a second, and then I kind of felt like I went to a different place," Sophia said. "It was a sunflower field. And I felt like in the sunflower field, I was asked if I was ready to die. And I said no.
Her family describes her as strong and brave during this experience. Doctors told her family she would likely not survive due to the severity of her injuries, but she pushed through."It makes me feel a lot more positive because there's purpose. There's a meaning," he said.On Sunday, for a few minutes, Sophia was able to get out of her hospital bed and enjoy some fresh air.
She, along with family and friends, enjoyed the sight, giving her a sense of normalcy ahead of a long road to recovery. "I feel like nothing can hurt me anymore since I've been through so much," Sophia said. " said I wasn't going make it through the first night. And I am still right now — I'm on day 44, and I'm still doing a great job."*KSL.com does not assure that the money deposited to the account will be applied for the benefit of the persons named as beneficiaries.
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