"She worries about whether people actually love her or just feel sorry for her because of the amputation."
Amputation: To cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery
"She has tremendous willpower and can do anything she sets her mind to,"
Tremendous: extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity
"Mostly, she's stuck in a dark, dreary living space."
Dreary: Dull; boring.
"I love you for who you are."
Reeds husband tells this to her after she has her surgery to reinforce that he lovers her and will not leave her because of this.
"She required 26 units of blood to replace what was lost."
The adult human body contains roughly 12 units of whole blood. That means she had to have over two adults worth of blood during the surgery to survive!
This article is from the Times Union. I is about a women named Reed who had an infection that most people did not have a chance at fighting. I chose the words and phrases above to show how hard it was for her. It was very hard on her physically, during her surgery "she required 26 units of blood to replace what was lost," also did I mention that she had to get everything below her pelvis removed?!
Not only did this have a huge physical tole on her it also hurt her mentally. After her surgery she was "stuck in a dark, dreary living space". She started to worry if people really loved her or just felt "sorry for her because of the amputation." She even told her husband that she would understand if he left her, but he said he would never leave her and that he said "I love you for who you are."
Reed has a amazing story. She is so much motivation for many people who are going through hard surgery's also. I believe that many people are thankful that she shared her story. She truly does have "tremendous willpower and can do anything she sets her mind to".
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