Near fatal car accident survivor needs help
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Hello everyone! Thank you so much for taking the time to read over my fundraiser. This is the first time I have publicly reached out for assistance in hopes of recovering from a major loss which has greatly impacted my life and will for some time. Below you will see a picture of what was left of my 2011 Infinity G37! On July 8th 2019 I was involved in a nearly fatal car accident. I have zero memory of the event, even though I can remember the entire day, week, month and year clearly. It seems as though all memory from entering the highway until I awoke, has been completely erased. For those of you who may not know me that well, here is a little background on who I am. I am a 36 year old single mother to a sweet little boy named Magic. Professionally I primarily work in the fitness and wellness industry helping men, women and children transform their lives through positive fitness training. I love this work because I can use my artistic skills to help plan and execute a program which helps people reach their fitness/body/mental goals. I love the joy I bring into peoples lives through this work and I am very excited to heal and get back to the grind. In addition to my job, I enjoy and practiced daily, outdoor distance running and cycling, drumming, guitar playing and all hands on creative art and activities. My main objective every day is to start the day off rested, positive and motivated to earn a living for my son and I. Everything I do revolves around ensuring I am constantly setting a good example for my son so he can grow up to be a well rounded young man. Yes it is true that I am relatively young and have always been considered very healthy. My body has always been a very important part of my life in terms of emotional and mental stability, inspiring others to improve or work on their personal goals, and creating art and music. This accident has put a halt to all of the things that make me who I am. As of right now I am not allowed to exercise, lift heavy things or exhort myself more than simple basic day to day living activities. This is very hard for me to accept as I am so used to being active and independent. It is super important to me that I heal 100% and follow all the instructions given to me by my doctors.
This is the end result of my car accident.
The purpose of this fundraiser is to seek help from anyone and everyone who may have a little extra change laying around/ to spare that can help me keep my head above water financially and get myself back into a normal routine, physically. I have set a goal of $45,000.00 for now which may be modified up or down based on the financial medical costs of treatment, reconstructive surgery for my body damage, physical therapy and other neurological treatment required to get my body and brain back to it's regular self. I do not have a big family or people to lean on financially, this is why I am reaching out to the public to see if there are any kind hearts that can help us through this difficult time. I am already using my auto insurance for medical treatment, but will run out of my allotted balance very soon.
With complete candor, as it "appears" now, I supposedly was at fault with the accident. I find it hard to believe that I would lose control of my car on a clear visible night, but we are investigating the accident hard and I feel confidant that something will surface that can provide clear details into what really happened. The car accident happened between 12am and 2am on July 8th 2019. That day, I had traveled to my son's fathers home in Fort Lauderdale Florida from my home in Boynton Beach to pick up his 19 year old daughter to assist her in taking her final exam for school. We spent the entire day together and I can remember everything up until the moment I drove home and merged onto interstate I-95 after dinner. The accident supposedly happened on I-95 and SW 10th street. It is all very perplexing to me because I have drove this route hundreds of time in dense, light and absent traffic. From what I remember, there was no heavy traffic on the road. I am always vigilant when I drive and I always pay attention to my surroundings while I drive. This means I am constantly checking all of my mirrors and surroundings of my car. I have a very quick response time and have driven performance cars my entire life. It is very important that I pay attention to all the other drivers on the road because Florida is a no fault state and full of elderly, substance abuse and illegal drivers. I never get pulled over and even have plus points on my driving record. No one is perfect, yet I feel I am a pretty aware and defensive driver when it comes to reckless and irresponsible drivers. We are investigating this accident to find the root cause of the accident. I can not claim full responsibility for this as I have no memory and I can not accept what I do not know.
I awoke in Broward North hospital a couple days after my accident to nurses and doctors examining me. I can not remember a lot of the short interactions, just a little bit of the exam and the questions. I was asked if I knew where I was and I looked around and said, "a hospital?" They nodded yes and told me I had been in a very bad car accident. I felt very confused and scared. I dont remember which time they told me, but while in there I was told that I was admitted into trauma after bing brought in from a nearly fatal car accident and that I was being monitored for a traumatic brain injury and that my brain had a bleed they needed to monitor. I got as much rest as I could and was relieved when I got a phone call from my mother telling me she had packed my son into the car and everything she could think to bring and was making her way down to Florida to help me.
Hospital diagnoses: Severe lacerations on right arm, traumatic brain injury/brain hemorrhage, no broken bones except a fracture in my thoracic spine. I was told by the hospital staff and the workers of the tow yard where my car was that I was found passed out on the ground outside of my car by the paramedics. I must have climbed out of the car after the accident and due to the brain bleed and severe concussion, I must have passed out. I am so grateful for anyone and everyone involved in the care and assistance in my recovery and healing. Every airbag in y car had deployed and all windows were shattered. My engine actually popped straight up out of the bay, through the hood and landed right back where it originally was mounted. I am so happy and grateful that the motor did not fly through the firewall or windshield resulting in my death. The workers of the tow yard told me that my car was the worst car that had been brought in all year and due to the blood on the air bag and in the car, they assumed who ever was driving the car had perished. They were shocked to see me limping around in one piece. I had hoped that seeing my car would bring back memories of the accident, unfortunately, the only feeling I had was gratitude to be alive for my son and my family.
Here is the drivers side of my car. You can see the blood residue on the airbag and how the steering wheel of my car had shifted forward and nearly into my car seat. Granted I am not a huge girl, but the amount of room left for me to wriggle out, was mind blowing.
I did have full coverage for my car and USAA has agreed to offer me an amount for the total loss of the car; however it does not cover the amount of my loan. It leaves me negative $5000.00. In addition to the car expense and the medical injuries, I have also lost about three weeks of work and more than 50% of my clients because I practically was missing for a week. Although I apologized to everyone once I was able too, some people just make a choice to move on and try something new. That really blows, but I understand.
This is a one week old photo of one of my arm lacerations that was starting to heal. This was taken my first day home. The photo below is one week later of healing. Still a lot of work to do.
I am very grateful that aside from the traumatic brain injury, I didn't receive a lot of damage to the majority of my face aside from the laceration on my temple and the glass shards in my face.
This car accident has really given me a new lease on life. I have always valued my life and stressed to my son the importance of safety and responsibility when it comes to daily activities and driving. I think constantly throughout the day how lucky I am to be in the condition I am in. Although the pain is severe and there is a lot of healing to be done, I am hopeful that I will be able to resume a normal, active and healthy lifestyle sooner than later. So that in a nutshell is what happened. Nearly fatal car accident which has fortunately left me semi functional until I can heal my brain and body 100%. It is my understanding that it will take some time for me to regain normal brain function after a severe head injury, but it could have been worse, I could have died!
I am so thankful that I have been given this opportunity to live and share my story with all of you. I was totally sober and in just a flash, my life was almost gone. I can not imagine what that would have done to my relatives or to my sweet loving little boy Magic. He is my heart and sole and I will stop at nothing then to bring him the very best I can afford. At this time, all donations given will be used to pay off the remaining balance of my totaled car, pay my monthly bills which are all in danger of becoming delinquent because of my loss in time working and now loss of client base, application to a safe and reliable car and to cover expenses relating to medical bills for therapy and reconstructive surgery. I am hoping I will not need more than $45k to recoup and survive during this healing. I am hoping that a real blessing will come my way to help me get out of this difficult place. I know I will only be able to work 20-30% of my normal 100% for the next few months. Until then, thank you all for taking a moment to read through this fundraiser and I really appreciate everyone who is able to help me an my family in any way that you can. I have received a lot of emails and messages from people who want to chit chat daily and talk about possible common interests. Please understand that I am not responding to most inquiries as I simply do not feel well, especially reading an illuminated screen. I also am very exhausted from all the trauma and not really in the "mood" to share the same story over and over. 90% of my close friends and family don't even know all the details until moments before me sharing this fundraiser. I am just feeling very overwhelmed and depressed after all this. I have been a very independent and strong willed woman my whole life, so to have the rug pulled from under my feet only to land shattered on the ground is very scary and has me in tears and panic throughout the day. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or comments and I will do my best to respond to everyone as best I can. I just ask that you respect my privacy and understand I am not looking for shoulders to cry on or new people to vent too etc. I love to meet new people and make new friends, just want to heal, work (build strong client base) and move forward in life.
Thank you all so very much for your time and attention, I will post more images and updates as I heal.
-With all our love and gratitude,
Aly and Magic Garcia
This is the end result of my car accident.
The purpose of this fundraiser is to seek help from anyone and everyone who may have a little extra change laying around/ to spare that can help me keep my head above water financially and get myself back into a normal routine, physically. I have set a goal of $45,000.00 for now which may be modified up or down based on the financial medical costs of treatment, reconstructive surgery for my body damage, physical therapy and other neurological treatment required to get my body and brain back to it's regular self. I do not have a big family or people to lean on financially, this is why I am reaching out to the public to see if there are any kind hearts that can help us through this difficult time. I am already using my auto insurance for medical treatment, but will run out of my allotted balance very soon.
With complete candor, as it "appears" now, I supposedly was at fault with the accident. I find it hard to believe that I would lose control of my car on a clear visible night, but we are investigating the accident hard and I feel confidant that something will surface that can provide clear details into what really happened. The car accident happened between 12am and 2am on July 8th 2019. That day, I had traveled to my son's fathers home in Fort Lauderdale Florida from my home in Boynton Beach to pick up his 19 year old daughter to assist her in taking her final exam for school. We spent the entire day together and I can remember everything up until the moment I drove home and merged onto interstate I-95 after dinner. The accident supposedly happened on I-95 and SW 10th street. It is all very perplexing to me because I have drove this route hundreds of time in dense, light and absent traffic. From what I remember, there was no heavy traffic on the road. I am always vigilant when I drive and I always pay attention to my surroundings while I drive. This means I am constantly checking all of my mirrors and surroundings of my car. I have a very quick response time and have driven performance cars my entire life. It is very important that I pay attention to all the other drivers on the road because Florida is a no fault state and full of elderly, substance abuse and illegal drivers. I never get pulled over and even have plus points on my driving record. No one is perfect, yet I feel I am a pretty aware and defensive driver when it comes to reckless and irresponsible drivers. We are investigating this accident to find the root cause of the accident. I can not claim full responsibility for this as I have no memory and I can not accept what I do not know.
I awoke in Broward North hospital a couple days after my accident to nurses and doctors examining me. I can not remember a lot of the short interactions, just a little bit of the exam and the questions. I was asked if I knew where I was and I looked around and said, "a hospital?" They nodded yes and told me I had been in a very bad car accident. I felt very confused and scared. I dont remember which time they told me, but while in there I was told that I was admitted into trauma after bing brought in from a nearly fatal car accident and that I was being monitored for a traumatic brain injury and that my brain had a bleed they needed to monitor. I got as much rest as I could and was relieved when I got a phone call from my mother telling me she had packed my son into the car and everything she could think to bring and was making her way down to Florida to help me.
Hospital diagnoses: Severe lacerations on right arm, traumatic brain injury/brain hemorrhage, no broken bones except a fracture in my thoracic spine. I was told by the hospital staff and the workers of the tow yard where my car was that I was found passed out on the ground outside of my car by the paramedics. I must have climbed out of the car after the accident and due to the brain bleed and severe concussion, I must have passed out. I am so grateful for anyone and everyone involved in the care and assistance in my recovery and healing. Every airbag in y car had deployed and all windows were shattered. My engine actually popped straight up out of the bay, through the hood and landed right back where it originally was mounted. I am so happy and grateful that the motor did not fly through the firewall or windshield resulting in my death. The workers of the tow yard told me that my car was the worst car that had been brought in all year and due to the blood on the air bag and in the car, they assumed who ever was driving the car had perished. They were shocked to see me limping around in one piece. I had hoped that seeing my car would bring back memories of the accident, unfortunately, the only feeling I had was gratitude to be alive for my son and my family.
Here is the drivers side of my car. You can see the blood residue on the airbag and how the steering wheel of my car had shifted forward and nearly into my car seat. Granted I am not a huge girl, but the amount of room left for me to wriggle out, was mind blowing.
I did have full coverage for my car and USAA has agreed to offer me an amount for the total loss of the car; however it does not cover the amount of my loan. It leaves me negative $5000.00. In addition to the car expense and the medical injuries, I have also lost about three weeks of work and more than 50% of my clients because I practically was missing for a week. Although I apologized to everyone once I was able too, some people just make a choice to move on and try something new. That really blows, but I understand.
This is a one week old photo of one of my arm lacerations that was starting to heal. This was taken my first day home. The photo below is one week later of healing. Still a lot of work to do.
I am very grateful that aside from the traumatic brain injury, I didn't receive a lot of damage to the majority of my face aside from the laceration on my temple and the glass shards in my face.
This car accident has really given me a new lease on life. I have always valued my life and stressed to my son the importance of safety and responsibility when it comes to daily activities and driving. I think constantly throughout the day how lucky I am to be in the condition I am in. Although the pain is severe and there is a lot of healing to be done, I am hopeful that I will be able to resume a normal, active and healthy lifestyle sooner than later. So that in a nutshell is what happened. Nearly fatal car accident which has fortunately left me semi functional until I can heal my brain and body 100%. It is my understanding that it will take some time for me to regain normal brain function after a severe head injury, but it could have been worse, I could have died!
I am so thankful that I have been given this opportunity to live and share my story with all of you. I was totally sober and in just a flash, my life was almost gone. I can not imagine what that would have done to my relatives or to my sweet loving little boy Magic. He is my heart and sole and I will stop at nothing then to bring him the very best I can afford. At this time, all donations given will be used to pay off the remaining balance of my totaled car, pay my monthly bills which are all in danger of becoming delinquent because of my loss in time working and now loss of client base, application to a safe and reliable car and to cover expenses relating to medical bills for therapy and reconstructive surgery. I am hoping I will not need more than $45k to recoup and survive during this healing. I am hoping that a real blessing will come my way to help me get out of this difficult place. I know I will only be able to work 20-30% of my normal 100% for the next few months. Until then, thank you all for taking a moment to read through this fundraiser and I really appreciate everyone who is able to help me an my family in any way that you can. I have received a lot of emails and messages from people who want to chit chat daily and talk about possible common interests. Please understand that I am not responding to most inquiries as I simply do not feel well, especially reading an illuminated screen. I also am very exhausted from all the trauma and not really in the "mood" to share the same story over and over. 90% of my close friends and family don't even know all the details until moments before me sharing this fundraiser. I am just feeling very overwhelmed and depressed after all this. I have been a very independent and strong willed woman my whole life, so to have the rug pulled from under my feet only to land shattered on the ground is very scary and has me in tears and panic throughout the day. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or comments and I will do my best to respond to everyone as best I can. I just ask that you respect my privacy and understand I am not looking for shoulders to cry on or new people to vent too etc. I love to meet new people and make new friends, just want to heal, work (build strong client base) and move forward in life.
Thank you all so very much for your time and attention, I will post more images and updates as I heal.
-With all our love and gratitude,
Aly and Magic Garcia
Organizer
Alison Garcia
Organizer
Boynton Beach, FL