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Big Update

3/7/2018

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​I have been through so much in the past four months that it is crazy! It is going to be difficult to put it all in one blog post but I'm going to try and lay everything out for you guys. I'm still going to try and to do a more detailed post about my surgery later on that this is more or less a catch-up post.
December
I had my surgery and everything went extremely well. The surgery took about 10 hours including recovery. I was in the hospital for about four days before they let me go home which is highly unusual but think I was doing so well and made an exception. About three days after I come home from the hospital I ended back up in New Orleans hospital because I had such a bad UTI it was causing sepsis. I can honestly say I do not remember the first few days I was there. I was put in ICU and I stayed there while they tried to figure out what was going on with me for about four days.. I couldn't breathe when they let me back into a regular room so I was immediately taken back up to the ICU. It was a very emotional time. I got to go home the day before Christmas. I had to keep my tubes for a month. 
January
I got all of my tubes taken out from my surgery and everything healing very well. I got a puppy that I'm going to be training to be my companion when I moved out on my own. She is absolutely beautiful and it's been a joy to have.
February
February was a very busy not because there was three birthdays from my household all in February including my own. I had a very chilled birthday and we seen the movie with a bunch of my girlfriends. I went on my first actual date of my entire life three days after my birthday. The young man that I went on a date with what they them and was a very courteous person. We ended up seeing each other one more time before finally deciding to move on and pursue other relationships.

Some very exciting adventures coming up in the next few months I decided to share with you. I am going to Houston next week for my driving evaluation and then I will also be going to Wyoming in April for my best friend's wedding. I will be taking my camera with me so I will be filming a bunch of different adventures I am having. Decided to start doing my YouTube videos again real soon. Started my school work on a different diploma, once I'm finished with the I am going to be going back to my graphic design degree before moving on to my photography courses. I am excited what this year will bring me! 
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    Paralyzed from the neck down after an ATV rollover at 14, April Otwell is beating the odds the doctors gave her. She's a blogger, fantasy writer, college student, sugar glider guardian and spinal cord injury survivor.  She's even writing her first fiction novel!

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