Jennifer Starzec Quotes

As I sat up I turned my head to the side, but immediately straightened it again when I felt a sharp pain shoot through my neck.

People who don't see you every day have a hard time understanding how on some days--good days--you can run three miles, but can barely walk across the parking lot on other days,' [my mom] said quietly.

The strong, ferocious wind just made the chill worse, and as it blew around me, electric bursts of pain shot through my body.

What if...the doctors couldn't find anything wrong? What if I was over-exaggerating the pain, weakness, and weird sensations?

I wondered if there was anything [the doctor] could do to to make the pain disappear and my arms work again. I wondered if I was going to get any worse than I already was. If so, I wondered if he could fix that, too.

We'll be fighting [Transverse Myelitis] our whole lives, but we've also proven that we are more than capable of not letting it beat us.

Before I knew it, I was once again being whisked down the hallways at the new hospital into an even bigger room, one that, unbeknownst to me, would be my home for what would feel like a long, long time.

Nothing worked. This blazing pain seemed only to be getting worse.

I could feel the bite of the autumn air, warning us all of the harsh winter that was on its way.