You’ll be fine,” my father said as i stayed frozen on the ground. mom was upset i was interrupting my brother’s celebration. then the paramedics arrived, and everything changed when they noticed something was seriously wrong. the mri confirmed it.

My name is Audrey, and I am 28 years old. I still remember that day like it was yesterday—the day my body went numb from the waist down, the day my brother, Jason, stood over me laughing at his cruel prank while I lay motionless on the concrete. The day my father yelled, “Walk it off.