Survivor of a drunk driver!

00:01 Hello, my name is Raylee Weathers. I'm sitting here today with my grandma, Zelda Weathers. Today's date is November 20, 2022, located in Uluga, Oklahoma. Grandma, can you tell me about your accident with a drunk driver?

00:17 I can. It was in 1988 and someone had left our gate open and the horses got out. And we had been advised that one of the horses got hit by a car. So one of our county deputy friends met us down there and was helping us get the horse taken care of when a drunk driver came through and looked back at the patrol car. Lights swerved over in the ditch and hit me and barely missed the horse. And my son that was holding the horse as he went on his way. The county deputy went after him. My family called 911 and took me to the hospital. I had a head injury. I had muscles torn in legs, arms, stomach, what have you. I wound up in my chair from February 14 to June 1 with a head injury that kept me sedated so I would heal. Then June 1st I got to start physical therapy and they literally pulled my arms and legs out and stretched them and had them heel back. So we started kind of over at that point. The head injury caused short term memory, so I was battling that, writing down everything with a pen and pencil so that I could retain it and learning how to retain things again. I got to go back to work two years later and that was kind of the gist of what happened. The long term issues have been just primarily battling the short term memory stuff. I do really well and now that I'm. That happened when I was 38 years old, I'm 67 and you wouldn't know anything ever happened.

01:57 All right, well what has been something you have learned from this incident?

02:05 Primarily it's to be resilient and know that life is very precious. And also when something like that happens, you just have to stay true to yourself and don't let people tell you that you'll never work again or you won't ever be able to get well enough to do the things you want to do and you just have to stay resilient and do you Alrighty.

02:32 And what is something inspirational you would like to share with following generations with.

02:38 Everybody and my grandchildren especially, I'm very heart set on them being mostly a plus to the world, not a negative person. Be positive, be kind to everybody. You don't know what they're going through and most importantly, have a backbone that's given to you by faith in God. If you believe and know that God is in your heart and soul, then you will have a backbone that will get you through anything. Your strength will be undeniable.

03:13 Alrighty. Well, thank you for allowing me to interview you. And. Yeah, that's all.

03:19 All right. Love you, sister. Love you too.