Source: news-journal.com | Repost Duerson Fund 6/27/2022 –
It’s been 20 years since a truck traveling 70 mph slammed into the Chevy Tahoe in which Patti Foster was a passenger.
Foster was ejected from the vehicle and eyewitnesses said her head was surrounded by a pool of blood and every bone in her body appeared broken. When emergency responders reached her, they didn’t feel a pulse and her body was covered with a sheet.
A passerby at the scene heard a gurgling noise coming from underneath the sheet and that’s when Foster’s journey of hope and survival began. One of Foster’s friends died in the crash, which happened June 18, 2002, at the intersection of U.S. 69 and FM 344 in Smith County. Foster suffered a traumatic brain injury and was in a coma for six weeks.
Since the accident, the Jacksonville native has continued to share her journey through her work. Foster’s latest book, “The Adventures of Head Trauma Hero,” aims to bring hope and help to children and families who are dealing with head trauma.
“Miracles still happen and we need that encouragement not to give up today; God is still on the throne,” Foster said. “What I can do now is what the doctors told my family I would never ever do. “They said, ‘she’ll never see out of her right eye; she’ll never walk again; she’ll never speak in a complete sentence; she’ll never do anything like she did before.’”