Her friend pushed her 😢

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00:00I was paralyzed being pushed to a pool at my bachelorette party. So basically what happened

00:03is I was pushing my upper back and was flung forward. My body's reflex was to avoid that

00:09smack on the water and I guess tuck forward. When that happened I ended up going head first.

00:14It happened to be the deep end, I mean the shallow end. Head hits the bottom I believe in the back

00:18of my head and so that pushed my head forward really far and that is what ended up breaking

00:24my neck. So it wasn't this crazy force that was like at the bottom of the pool. It was just this

00:29horrible ankle because of the heart push. The accident happened five weeks before the

00:34wedding. I don't really define who I am by that accident. It's not a part of me, it's

00:37something that happened to me. A lot of people think I'm just sitting down in a chair and

00:40that's my only issue. I have severe, severe burning pain from here down to my toes. My

00:45hands don't work. I can't go to the bathroom on my own. Sometimes I need help getting dressed.

00:49Doctors told her she would never walk again. I was able-bodied. I wasn't born this way

00:54and I had everything taken from me. Everything, my whole identity was taken because I didn't

01:00feel like a woman anymore. I didn't feel sexy anymore. But for her fiance Chris, this didn't

01:04matter. I Chris take you Rachel to be no other than yourselves with respect for your integrity

01:11and faith in your love for me through all our years and in all that life may bring. And despite

01:19all the complications, they were able to have a child. In 2015, I became a mom thanks to

01:24surrogacy. A friend knew that I needed a surrogate because I'd had a spinal cord injury and I was

01:29on some medication that wouldn't allow me to be pregnant. And she came forward, said she would

01:33do it and changed my whole life and gave me my daughter Kaylee. One of the biggest misconceptions

01:39is that the child is not the biological child of the intended parents. But that's not true.

01:43So they did take my egg. They took Chris's. They made a fertilized embryo. And then that is

01:49what they put into the surrogate. Can you say trash can? A trash can?

01:58A trash can. A trash can. Sometimes it feels like time is literally slipping through my fingers.

02:05Motherhood is my favorite thing in the world. It's my favorite job. But the hardest part is

02:09watching her grow up so fast. Sometimes they think about how it will feel when she walks out

02:15that door one day. But in the meantime, I'm celebrating all of these moments with her.

02:19The accident didn't stop her from living her life to the fullest either.

02:22Before my pool accident in 2010, I absolutely love the water. And to many people's surprise,

02:27I still do.

02:28Rochelle still goes swimming, skiing, and more.

02:31Living with a disability means learning patience, creativity, and humor just to get through each

02:43day. And she wouldn't be able to do it without the support of her loved ones.

02:46I, Rachel, take you, Chris, to be no other than yourself. I promise to be ever open to you.

02:53And above all, to do everything in my power to permit you to become the person you are yet

02:59to be. I give you hope.