“When I came out of my coma, I didn’t realize I was paralyzed, because it wasn’t like TV paralysis, where you can’t feel anything below your waist. I could feel everything the same as before. But then different medical teams kept coming by and being fascinated that I could wiggle my toes. After a few days of that, I was like, ‘OK, wiggling my toes—why is this amazing? Do I not walk?’ And they said, ‘No.’ Ironically, the guy who hit me was a paraplegic already, before the accident. It was like some fucked-up game of pass it on.
