Let's help Andrea continue to kick butt!!! It is a miracle our sweet friend is alive after a very serious car accident. She has spent more than two months in the hospital recovering from internal injuries and surgeries. Now she is in a rehabilitation hospital for at least two more weeks. She is making tremendous progress and we would all like her to focus on getting back to 100% without the worry of medical bills.

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Running before walking
It was a miracle that Andrea Zink survived her car crash.

Her car slammed into the back of a truck at nearly 70 mph on I-480 in Omaha Feb. 26, said her husband, Joshua Zink. Her seat belt likely saved her from head trauma.

She has been in a wheelchair since that day. Leg, pancreas, liver and colon injuries kept her at Creighton University Medical Center for two months before a transfer to Madonna Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln about two weeks ago.

She's working to regain the ability to walk again.

Andrea was going to run in the Lincoln Half-Marathon Sunday before the crash. Instead, her husband finished the Lincoln Marathon wearing a shirt with black letters that said "26.2 for my hero: Andrea." Andrea received a medal along with Joshua.

"Running a marathon is easy compared to what she's been going through," Joshua Zink said.

"It was just so amazing," Andrea Zink said. "I mean, I'm so proud of him. I knew he could do it.

Joshua trained for Sunday, cared for Andrea and completed his doctoral dissertation for musical arts throughout these last few months. He thought of her when the race felt tough.

"I just thought, 'She's in a wheelchair, you need to keep on kicking butt,'" he said.