SAFFY

Rehab wasn't all bad though. 

Some things really sucked like the wrist braces, they drove me crazy because they had to be fastened really tight so that I could propel myself in my chair. 

That was another good thing, they taught me how to use a manual wheelchair, and I really hated the electric one it was like being tied into some elaborate torture device, there were far to many straps and supports. 

Another good point was that they gave me all sorts of attachments for my wrist braces so I could feed myself and do other things. 

The physical therapy was ok really although they pushed me really hard and even managed to make me cry a few times mostly that was because I got so frustrated. 

The therapists manipulated and massaged my limbs and even strapped my legs and arms to motorized gym equipment to build up my muscle tone. 

They taught me how to use special cutlery with rubber grips on so that I could hold them more easily, how to dress and wash and how to do wheelchair transfers and even simple things like how to lay on my stomach comfortably. 

In total I spent nearly six months in hospital.

SAFFY

Coming home proved to be yet another nightmare. 

Our house was two-storey with a flight of steps at the front meaning that it wasn't exactly wheelchair accessible and whilst my parents were happy to pay for the best schools, health care and anything else money could buy, they weren't prepared to move house and my mother kept going on about how all of the alterations which needed to be made before I could live there would ruin her décor. 

Also it meant they would have to hirer a nurse as they were always off traveling somewhere as I couldn't live on my own when they weren't there and our housekeeper wouldn't have time to take care of me, as she didn't live in because she had her own family. 

My mom really hated the idea of a stranger moving into our home.

Sometimes I really hate my parents, I don't think people like them should be allowed to have children it's just not fair on the kids, I thought the whole idea was to actually enjoy them and spend time with them! 

SLADE

Saffy's parents suck big style. 

Do you now that they've only been to see her ten times since she's been in hospital. 

It's like nothings changed for them!  Their only child has been crippled and it hasn't even disrupted their schedules!

I thought parents were supposed to take care of their kids? 

The prospect of Saffy coming home is just an inconvenience to them and the worst of it is that they don't even want her to come home they would rather she was locked away now that she doesn't fit there picture of the perfect daughter any more.

Saffy loves her parents and keeps saying that they can't help being the way they are but I really don't agree…

I hate that I've managed to ruin any relationship she may have had with them however superficial by making one stupid mistake. 

I wish we had never gotten into Elton's car, I wish that I could change what happened. 

But I can't.