As I look back at the previous year, I think about my accomplishments. I completed a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Nursing although I had been an RN for 31 years and began writing informative and I surmise – helpful articles for Push Living as The Rollin RN. Being able to write for individuals in wheelchairs fulfills my nursing compulsion to help others.<\/p>\n
But that doesn\u2019t express who I am\u2026.being a mother to two sons and a wife, who happens to also be in a wheelchair. I have not always been in a wheelchair. In 2009, my husband and I were in an auto accident that left me paralyzed from the chest down. I was a wife for 20 years prior to that incident and a mother for 18 years.<\/p>\n
Being in the wheelchair has made me the person I am today but it will never limit or curtail my dreams and ambitions. I appreciate life very differently now. I discover myself smiling every day; every minute\u2026..I am a content person. Our accident happened in a split second\u2026.one minute my husband and I were discussing our anniversary plans and next I wake up in an ICU bed, several days later.<\/p>\n A LIFE can be extremely short. So when I reflect on our time and this past year, I count my blessings; still being a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, seeing sunny skies, enjoying the warm weather, and holiday celebrations throughout the year with family and friends. I love each day, count every blessing, and I thank God every day that I am still on earth to enjoy them.<\/p>\n I wish a happy holidays and Merry Christmas to each and every one of you reading this.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Patty Kunze has been a RN since 1983. She writes for PushLiving.com as The Rollin RN and has a part-time nursing job locally. She lives in Virginia with her husband, youngest son, and two puppies. She began working in the Spinal Cord Injury unit of a V.A. hospital immediately after nursing graduation, then as a neonatal transport nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for 15 years, Labor and Delivery management for 8 years, and was a nursing instructor prior to her accident. She can be contacted at RollinRN<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2014 Thoughts December 2014\u2026..a reflection of the past year. As I look back at the previous year, I think about my accomplishments. I completed a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Nursing although I had been an RN for 31 years and began writing informative and I surmise – helpful articles for Push Living as The Rollin RN. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-guesting","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5zEve-2hy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"image2\"](\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image2.jpeg\")
\n<\/a><\/p>\nPatty
<\/h3>\n