Lisa Gibson's Medical Expenses

Hi, my name is Lisa Gibson, I have a 2 year old daughter and I am from Denver City, Tx. Here's my story!!! On November 28th of 2014 around 6:30 pm, my husband and I were in a horrible car accident 18 miles outside of Seminole, Tx. We over corrected and flipped, both of us were ejected from the vehicle. I vividly remember looking up as I felt the car veer off onto the left side of the highway. He had fallen asleep at the wheel and I instinctively grabbed the wheel to avoid hitting a light pole and some other buildings. It was dark and we were going the speed limit. I remember the awful noise of the crash, something I still can't find words to describe. I lost consciousness and woke up as a man was strapping me into a gurney in the helicopter. First thing I asked, "Where is my baby? What happened?". I guess being a mother, this was the first and only thing on my mind. Thank God my daughter was not with us that night. I was immediately flown to Covenant Hospital in Lubbock, Tx, and my husband died twice before arriving at Covenant. He was on a ventilator until he finally woke up. I remembered the excruciating pain I felt as the nurses rushed around me, turned, and poked at my body trying to find all my injuries.  The pain I felt was something I had never and pray to never go through again. I sustained around 16  broken bones. Most of them in my back. Several broken ribs, a broken sternum and a dislocated shoulder. I had a 6 hour surgery on my back, a spinal fusion. Which left me with an 18" scar from the incision straight up my spine. Somehow by the grace of God, my spinal cord was not completely severed, it hung together by a thread. Literally. There is no way I should have lived through this horrible wreck!
The next day when I was more attentive and able to talk the surgeons broke the news to us. Both my husband and I were paralyzed. I am paralyzed from the waist down. I stayed in the hospital until January 2nd, 2015. I am still doing therapy, which will be for a very long time. It was hard at first to accept and grasp the reality that I am paralyzed. Somehow through this terrible experience I have grown as a woman, mother and have embraced the beautiful and strong person it has allowed me to become. I am still ME, I will not let this physical disability limit my goals and ambitions that I have for my future. God is my strength and spared my life that day, I owe my life to Him, and I know deep down in my heart I will walk again. God has taught me many lessons and showed me life in a whole different way, literally changing me from the inside out. I am at peace with myself and am learning everyday to live with this disability. I live with my parents now, just my daughter and I, and they have been amazing throughout everything by being by my side every step of the way. It's extremely hard having a young child who doesn't know what is going on. It breaks my heart to not be able to run after her and play.. I've cried myself to sleep many nights asking "Why" But I put my life in the Lord's hands and through him I will succeed! My whole life was turned upside down and changed in the blink of an eye. God has laid it on my heart to share my testimony and my story with the world and hopefully save a life, or lost soul as was I before this wreck! Through Christian ministry and motivational/inspirational speaking, I look forward to the new goals and future God has laid before me. I am finally at peace with myself, and have found purpose for my Life and know WHY I survived. I would like to eventually live an independent life with my daughter, drive a vehicle, and live just as any other person would... And of course I WANT TO WALK!!! Donations will help with all of the above and I humbly appreciate it. ♡Take not one single step for granted because you never know when it may be your last!!! I thank everyone who took the time to read my story and look forward to sharing my testimony with the world.♡