By openly reflecting on their struggle to survive — and sharing their stories — hospital patients, past and present, celebrated their triumphs while encouraging those credited with saving their lives.
Patients, nurses, doctors, community leaders, family members and other caregivers heard first-hand how the medical experts helped each survivor build their life back after unexpected events. And their stories are nothing short of a miracle.
“Thank God for them, they taught me how to stand up, they taught me how to walk,” Rodriguez said. “That’s the reason I’m not walking perfectly, but I’m walking, you know?” “There’s such a thing called Post Traumatic Growth and it’s where they are having these ‘aha’ moments where they better understand themselves, the world they live in, the people, how they relate to other people, how they decide they want to move through life, and the meaning they make from what they experience — that is rewarding for me,” Benetta Wholuba, a Licensed Psychologist for Trauma Services, said.
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