You are so incredible and the sweetest thing. I’m old enough to be your grandmother, suffer from multiple sclerosis and just want you to know what a wonderful inspiration and blessing you are to me. On a bad day I simply say if Makayla can I know I can. I love your mom’s quote “We don’t quit”. You keep your sweet spirit. God has great plans for you. And definitely never quit. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I'm so amazed by your positive attitude considering what life has dealt you. You are an inspiration to us all!!! I understand you probably have your moments, but who could blame you. Keep smiling girl!! So happy you have your support team!!
Hey M! So glad you got your manual wheelchair! I am 65 and had Covid Pneumonia this year. You inspire me. I am a Christian too and I really think your faith and your family are great. I won’t stop praying for you! Don’t give up!
This is so inspiring. I hope you allow yourself to also be vulnerable when you feel bad. But this whole approach to life is something I wish I could gain, and I'm in my 30's working on it. Huge kudos to your parents, they did a really good job raising amazing kids.
This young lady is an amazing inspiration to many people of all ages with or without disabilities. Her mother is a saint. It's her sister though that inspires me. Always there in the background putting her sisters needs first, being apart of these videos but helping to make it all about her sister. I wish the whole family all the best. ( It's ok to ask a couple of lads to help lift a wheelchair up steps, that doesn't count as giving up)
U were so funny when u said u brought Kevin and started meowing in the back ground lol. I know she misses her momma. Hopefully you guys will be able to get rest caught up when u get home. Proud of u to girl. Yes never give up. Love u
You have great support. Such an upbeat attitude. And you're So inspirational I have seen so many give up. When I have down days you lift me up. Thanks for just being you❣
You are an incredible young lady. There is so much power behind that smile. 😉 I have been following your story, and I am so inspired by your strength. Thank you for sharing your incredible journey with us. Much love from Florida 😘
What a great trip for you! I just love your enthusiasm! You and your sister are just adorable! Thanks for sharing! P.S. I think you would be an excellent speaker, sharing your story!
Hi Makayla. Thank you for all your effort with creating the videos, I am so glad to see all the love and support from your family. Thank you for being you, keep doing the best you can do :)
Makayla, you just make my day every time I watch one of your videos! Your genuine spirit and loving attitude towards life and people are needed so much in this world. Your sweet family is SO supportive in every way, I wish I was a part of it! Keep being the beautiful fighter you are and remember how many people think of you and are rooting for you 🥰🥰🥰
Hi Makayla Two Years ago I suffered a spinal injury which left me in a wheelchair for over a year. People like you inspired me to keep going. God willing you can continue to recover! You’re a hero Makayla to me And many people. As FDR said we have nothing to fear but fear itself.
I wish I had such a supportive family system being disable and brought up in a narc household watching this is kinda breaking my heart and I know that’s not the purpose of this video but it just hits home so bad seeing what people surrounded so much love can achieve
@@stevenglansberg4448 I suffer from a rare disease called EDS which disables me in many ways and due to not receiving the right care when I was young due to the negligence and emotional abuse I’ve experienced it just made it worse. I hope my comment didn’t seem mean it’s just heartbreaking to see how love makes such a huge difference when you’ve never experienced that
I am more motivated to take care of myself now after seeing your self-care day. I really believe God is working for you to inspire people in ways you never thought about .We are all here to do Gods work so taking care of ourselves should be priority. Thank you for being an inspiration and sharing!
I had spine surgery Harrington rod double curve and I promise it will be apart of your strength in the future. I was on a college dance team and now have a little one as well our bodies are incredible!
Great video girls! Cute clothes & bubble braids too, Mak. You all are awesome & so strong. All of you have beautiful smiles too! ❤❤❤❤Can't wait to see the Disney vlog.
Wow you have amazing eyelashes! Random I know but when you were at Rebel I could see them up close. So long! So happy that you had an amazing trip and got to be out living life 😍
Your mom and sister are such heroes! And darlin just keep smiling. I know it hard somedays. But you get to live with your loved people.. i wish you well from puerto rico with love
You look so happy that’s awesome. I’m not one to mention ones differences because I see a person for who they are not there differences. I will only mention this one thing I see more improvement in your motions and ability’s I’m so happy to watch improvements as it happens in your vids good for you 👍. I’m not good at trying to say what I want to say and have it sound good but I try typical man lol. Once again 2 👍👍 up to your beautiful family for being there for you. Oh and pups say hi Kevin okay have an awesome day and chow for now 🤪
Thursday here in new zealand!! Sun is shining.. About to pick up my kids.. Would love you to reply and say hellllo to me and my kids ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
When I was in the ICU following complications during surgery #2&3 which were done back to back they had put this inflatable air cushion underneath the transfer sheet and bedding that inflated and deflated different sections to prevent pressure sores and having to turn me every few hours. I kinda wish that they had kept it on my bed when I eventually moved to the Neuro floor. It would have definitely made the bed more comfortable. I don’t know about you, but the leg squeezers just caused me more pain. I still can’t sleep on my back anymore following everything that happened during surgery and afterwards and the rest of that year. God saved my life 5 different times throughout 2010-2013. He has gotten me through so much that it’s hard to believe everything I faced and was diagnosed with because it was literally one life threatening health issue after another and multiple at the same time. My Guardian Angels have been working overtime throughout my life and it’s crazy because I can look back over the years and clearly see when one or more stepped to help or protect me physically , mentally, and emotionally. I wouldn’t be alive today without them and the people God brought into my life just when I needed them most to help prepare me for whatever was coming next. This happened for the first time that I was actually aware of it in 2010. I had met 2 amazing women who quickly became my dearest friends on Facebook throughout the game Yoville. A coworker had introduced me to the game and I really had no clue what to do other than earning money to get a house and decorate them which I loved doing. I went to a help page that had people looking for new players to be friends with and one lady looked like a dear friend who sadly had passed away 10 years ago. She and I became friends both in the game and in real life and eventually she introduced me to her friend Cathy. We had so many things in common and connections that were crazy because Cathy lived in Canada, Joan in New Jersey and me in North Carolina, but my mother ‘s family came from Belgium and had immigrated to Canada and I still had family in the province where she lived. Joan lived less then 20 minutes from the city my family had lived in when I was born in NJ. I had been experiencing severe back pain and my idiot former doctor didn’t believe me and implied that it was all in my head repeatedly. I knew that Joan had survived a near fatal car accident and had broken her spine in multiple locations and had been in a halo cast for months because they had to literally rebuild her cervical spine after it collapsed. With their encouragement and a lot of prayers to God I finally stood up to my doctor and demanded that he order an MRI which he didn’t want to do. He made the process as difficult as he could and tried to embarrass me by sending me to the wrong hospital so it took a month to finally get it done. It was done on a Friday evening and he got the call with the results on the next Monday, but he didn’t bother to call me...instead he had a staff member setup my appointment with my Neurosurgeon and had her call me the next day and I had to ask her what the MRI had shown. That MRI saved my life. I quickly discovered that both Cathy and Joan had had the same surgery that I was going to have and they were able to help me prepare for it mentally and physically. I only had a few days to get everything together because I needed immediate surgery. My Neurosurgeon couldn’t believe that I could even stand up let alone walk at all or function at the level I was. Well it was because of God. He had been protecting me and keeping things under control until he could get me to the closest hospital that had the most high tech and skilled surgeons to help me. It took 20 years which is why it’s so crazy and so many miracles that got me there because according to the MRI with the location and amount of damage shown in the MRI I shouldn’t have been able to do anything at all. After the surgery he told us that the damage had been even worse and that I had been literally one wrong move away from death or becoming a quadriplegic on a respirator for the rest of my life. I have had 4 spinal surgeries so far and still need more on my lower thoracic and lumbar regions, but my surgeon retired in 2018 and I haven’t found anyone I trust enough to do it and I need to lose some more weight and the pandemic hasn’t helped that situation and the fact that I can’t drive anymore complicates things too. Because I have been having so many neurological symptoms I was advised not to drive until they figure out what is going on with me. Because I am also immune compromised due to my treatments for both breast cancer and endometrial cancer which I was also battling starting in August of 2011-2019. I discovered the lump in my right breast at the end of March 2011 a month after my mother passed away from multiple strokes. My idiot former doctor waited until 3 days before my next scheduled spinal surgeries to give me the results of my biopsy and then had the gall to suggest postponing the spinal surgeries to deal with the cancer. I literally looked at him like he was nuts and said that I would not be canceling the surgery that had been approved and scheduled for over 6 months. He turned to my husband and said that if it was his wife he would want her to take care of the cancer first. My husband said that it was a good thing that I wasn’t his wife then because I was going ahead with my spinal surgeries. An MRI back in the fall had shown that I was having the same problem with my spinal cord, vertebrae, nerves above and below the first fusion site at C4-C6 and that I needed to have fusion done on 3 sides of my spine starting at C2 and going down to T1. He also needed to do a Laminectomy in order to remove a piece of each vertebrae in the affected area in preparation of widening my spinal canal because my spinal cord couldn’t move and was becoming tethered which with everything else was causing major problems. During surgery they put a special dental guard into your mouth as part of the intubation process which helps keep your teeth and tongue protected. Anytime you have surgery while facing the floor there’s a risk that your tongue can start to swell. During the last 6 hours of my 10 hour surgery which was 2 surgeries done back to back, I was facing the floor. They really don’t know what happened or how it happened, but my tongue was injured in two places on the top surface. I have two, 2 inch long gashes on the surface of my tongue that were quite deep. This caused my tongue to swell and slowly was cutting off the amount of oxygen getting to my brain because my airway was compromised. They didn’t realize it until the alarms started going off and didn’t know the extent of the injury to my tongue and if it had affected my brain which it did. I was in critical condition in the highest level ICU as they tried to get the swelling down because I couldn’t breathe on my own. I am allergic to most adhesives and generally if they remove the surgical material they put on my skin before surgery I usually do pretty good as it has only been a couple of hours. Well this time it was on for over 10 hours and when they removed it I looked like I had 3rd degree burns on my face, neck, chest, and back from my hairline down to in between my shoulder blades. My skin was blistered and bleeding and red like the worst sunburn imaginable. It was also extremely painful and itchy as it started to heal. It has taken my husband almost 10 years to tell me about that time in the ICU because he didn’t know if I was going to survive on top of the drastic changes in my appearance and not knowing what else might have been affected by the lack of oxygen. Thankfully I don’t have pictures of myself until a month later when I was in the physical rehabilitation center. I had seen myself in a mirror during the month long hospitalization, but I have little memory from that time because of everything I went through was very traumatic and traumatized me so I now have PTSD. I spent 2 weeks as an inpatient at the physical rehabilitation center rebuilding my strength and muscle because I would have to relearn how to do everyday tasks that you don’t normally even think about. I would spend years going to outpatient physical therapy trying to regain whatever I could and learning to cope with the changes to me physically, mentally, emotionally, and cognitively because I did suffer a brain injury that would be further complicated by a life threatening infection that spread to my brain, blood, spinal/brain fluid, bone and basically everywhere that went undiagnosed for 11 months and was the cause of all of the neurological symptoms that I had been dealing with starting around September of 2011 during the daily radiation treatments for breast cancer. It is mind blowing that the infection wasn’t killed by the high doses of radiation daily that killed the swear glands and hair follicles in the same area. The doctors were shocked when pathology finally diagnosed it. It took another 10 months to kill it.
Hey your an awsome vloger I love your videos......100...I pray for you/think about you almost every day if not everyday.....swear.....your so sweet..... I will always be cheering for you.....I want you to be happy 💪💪💪💪
MAKAYLA,WATCHING YOUR VIDEO REALLY EASING MY PAIN. YOU ARE TRULY AMAZING AND YOUR FAMILY IS ALSO. THANK GOD FOR YOUR SUPPORT,THE LORD AND YOUR MOM AND SISTER GOING TO HAVE YOU WALKING AGAIN!!! GO TEAM💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏👌👌👌👍👍👍💥💥💥🌟🌟🌟💞💞💞😇😇😇
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You are so incredible and the sweetest thing. I’m old enough to be your grandmother, suffer from multiple sclerosis and just want you to know what a wonderful inspiration and blessing you are to me. On a bad day I simply say if Makayla can I know I can. I love your mom’s quote “We don’t quit”. You keep your sweet spirit. God has great plans for you. And definitely never quit. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
We dont quit, we endure and we conquer, God bless👊💖
I'm so amazed by your positive attitude considering what life has dealt you. You are an inspiration to us all!!! I understand you probably have your moments, but who could blame you. Keep smiling girl!! So happy you have your support team!!
You, your mom, your sister… you are all so amazing.
Every time I watch you, I want to cry tears of joy. We’re all so proud of you. And you have the best personal stylist and makeup artist.
I'm loving all the loving everyone is giving to you. It's magic.💖
Hey M! So glad you got your manual wheelchair! I am 65 and had Covid Pneumonia this year. You inspire me. I am a Christian too and I really think your faith and your family are great. I won’t stop praying for you! Don’t give up!
This is so inspiring. I hope you allow yourself to also be vulnerable when you feel bad.
But this whole approach to life is something I wish I could gain, and I'm in my 30's working on it.
Huge kudos to your parents, they did a really good job raising amazing kids.
This young lady is an amazing inspiration to many people of all ages with or without disabilities. Her mother is a saint. It's her sister though that inspires me. Always there in the background putting her sisters needs first, being apart of these videos but helping to make it all about her sister. I wish the whole family all the best. ( It's ok to ask a couple of lads to help lift a wheelchair up steps, that doesn't count as giving up)
U were so funny when u said u brought Kevin and started meowing in the back ground lol. I know she misses her momma. Hopefully you guys will be able to get rest caught up when u get home. Proud of u to girl. Yes never give up. Love u
You have great support.
Such an upbeat attitude.
And you're So inspirational
I have seen so many give up. When I have down days you lift me up. Thanks for just being you❣
It’s a blessing that you have such a great supportive family. Keep staying positive👍
Oooooh, nice! Look at how much love and support everyone is giving you! And that new chair! YOU GO GIRL!
We don’t quit! Love it! Who doesn’t love Disney! Braids adorable! You are doing great! I Enjoy all your posts!
Hi hallo 🥰🥰 how are you today my love your friendship and WhatsApp plz 🌹🥀🌻🌺🌼 you want to freindship plz 🌹🥀🌻🌺 I'm excited for you
Look at you girl!! Pushing yourself in that new chair!!! So proud of you❤️
You’re beyond inspiring I can’t imagine being in your shoes ! You seem like a beautiful person inside and out ❤️☺️ God bless you!
You just keep getting stronger. It's clear in how you hold yourself and the confidence you have.
You are an incredible young lady. There is so much power behind that smile. 😉 I have been following your story, and I am so inspired by your strength. Thank you for sharing your incredible journey with us. Much love from Florida 😘
Well done to your family for giving so much support!
What a great trip for you! I just love your enthusiasm! You and your sister are just adorable! Thanks for sharing! P.S. I think you would be an excellent speaker, sharing your story!
You’re amazing mak!! I would love to see more videos with you and your sister in the near future.💕
Hi Makayla. Thank you for all your effort with creating the videos, I am so glad to see all the love and support from your family. Thank you for being you, keep doing the best you can do :)
Ur attitude is amazing, you're such an inspiration!
Makayla, you just make my day every time I watch one of your videos! Your genuine spirit and loving attitude towards life and people are needed so much in this world. Your sweet family is SO supportive in every way, I wish I was a part of it! Keep being the beautiful fighter you are and remember how many people think of you and are rooting for you 🥰🥰🥰
I'm so proud of you for staying so strong sweetheart! Your such an amazing person and so beautiful inside and out!! Keep up the amazing work! 💙💜💙💜
When you first meowed I thought it really was a cat and I believed you when you said you brought Kevin. LOL! Oh Lordy that was funny.
Me encanta tu actitud ante la adversidad eres admirable y tú familia es hermosa.🤗🤗,saludos de Cuernavaca.Morelos ,México
Hi Makayla
Two Years ago I suffered a spinal injury which left me in a wheelchair for over a year. People like you inspired me to keep going. God willing you can continue to recover!
You’re a hero Makayla to me And many people. As FDR said we have nothing to fear but fear itself.
It’s so good to see you out & enjoying life! 🥳Your videos are so inspiring! Keep it up girl!
So glad you are out and about!
So proud of you Mak!!!
You are so funny! Immitating Kevin! 😂 I am happy that you have had such a great time!
you inspire me so much with your attitude towards life, never let someone take that away from u
Glad you had a memorable day! All you girls. 🤗
You are a special kid, and i think that god has very big plans for you 🙏💓
I wish I had such a supportive family system being disable and brought up in a narc household watching this is kinda breaking my heart and I know that’s not the purpose of this video but it just hits home so bad seeing what people surrounded so much love can achieve
What's your disability? Just curious. Sorry for your childhood. Hope you have a better adulthood.
@@stevenglansberg4448 I suffer from a rare disease called EDS which disables me in many ways and due to not receiving the right care when I was young due to the negligence and emotional abuse I’ve experienced it just made it worse. I hope my comment didn’t seem mean it’s just heartbreaking to see how love makes such a huge difference when you’ve never experienced that
@@stevenglansberg4448 and thank you I’m working on it !
I am more motivated to take care of myself now after seeing your self-care day. I really believe God is working for you to inspire people in ways you never thought about .We are all here to do Gods work so taking care of ourselves should be priority. Thank you for being an inspiration and sharing!
Glad you all had a wonderful time in Atlanta.
You are loved, Makayla!! ❤️
I love your energy so much! 🥰 You're such an amazing woman! I hope you had an amazing trip and an amazing week as well!
Forever and always proud of you!
You are a heck of an inspiration! Just got spine surgery and it hurts like a bugger but who am I to complain!? We luv ya, Hunny! Keep bein' You!
I had spine surgery Harrington rod double curve and I promise it will be apart of your strength in the future. I was on a college dance team and now have a little one as well our bodies are incredible!
Makayla you are exceptionally pretty today! love your videos!
Love the gold and the grey set you have so comfy !! 💙
Your such an inspiration!!!! Bless you sweetie!!!! 🥰✝💙
Great video girls! Cute clothes & bubble braids too, Mak. You all are awesome & so strong. All of you have beautiful smiles too! ❤❤❤❤Can't wait to see the Disney vlog.
You are so cute! I just love your personality! Keep shining!!🌞🌟
I love your mental strength, to assume your situation, I know it was not easy but you are tremendous, keep it up and lots of good energy🖒🖒🖒🖒
Love your vids..glad you are having fun..you deserve it..bet Kevin missed you.🐱♥️
Your zebra converse are so cool. Gotta love converse! What a fun video, hugs to you and your family 🙏🏻
God bless you Makayla. Forever. ❤️
Looks definitely run in the family. Y'all so pretty and beautiful.
Wow you have amazing eyelashes! Random I know but when you were at Rebel I could see them up close. So long! So happy that you had an amazing trip and got to be out living life 😍
Your mom and sister are such heroes! And darlin just keep smiling. I know it hard somedays. But you get to live with your loved people.. i wish you well from puerto rico with love
Keep shining your light Makayla!
Love yall! Truley!best vlogs.. and funniest
You’re so fun! Love watching your videos.
I love this channel and love this family
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You are such an incredible lady. You are such an inspiration. Love your eyelashes Just love you xx
I call those instances God winks !! He knew you needed to meet Sadie so he put you both in the city at the same time
God winks, I like that!
@@sarajohnson6550 it’s a term i had heard years ago !! I love it too!!
That Smile ✝️GOD Bless You such a Strong, Loving, Gentle Spirit and your family is Amazing too✨🌹✨🕊️
1:30 THIS IS SO SWEET IM GONNA CRY
Sich a gorgeous smile...I'm praying for you!
Loved the awesome photo with Sadie. So awesome to see you happy.
You look so happy that’s awesome. I’m not one to mention ones differences because I see a person for who they are not there differences. I will only mention this one thing I see more improvement in your motions and ability’s I’m so happy to watch improvements as it happens in your vids good for you 👍. I’m not good at trying to say what I want to say and have it sound good but I try typical man lol. Once again 2 👍👍 up to your beautiful family for being there for you. Oh and pups say hi Kevin okay have an awesome day and chow for now 🤪
You look awesome and that new chair is so cool
This was a fun video. I'm in the Midwest and its freezing...spring can't get here fast enough!!
QUEEN
Thursday here in new zealand!! Sun is shining.. About to pick up my kids.. Would love you to reply and say hellllo to me and my kids ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
queen get it
Glad you had fun makayla you and your mom and sister looked so beautiful:) take care. Glad your having a great time with your family.
You are the best mak ❤️
I love Disney so much fun
Awesome!
I’m so happy you got to me her 💜💜
Keep up the great work and positivity 👍👍
YOU are a GIFT from GOD!!!!!
We don’t quit. I needed to hear that today!
"The Vlog camera makes you look pretty." LOL Harsh. You are both beautiful, on or off camera! 😎💖
Thank you for sharing Makayla!
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Can you link the comfy set you’re wearing?? I can’t find it on the site anywhere !! Thank you 😊
God is so good you can see him shining through you 😊❤️ God bless you and continued prayers🙏
When I was in the ICU following complications during surgery #2&3 which were done back to back they had put this inflatable air cushion underneath the transfer sheet and bedding that inflated and deflated different sections to prevent pressure sores and having to turn me every few hours. I kinda wish that they had kept it on my bed when I eventually moved to the Neuro floor. It would have definitely made the bed more comfortable. I don’t know about you, but the leg squeezers just caused me more pain. I still can’t sleep on my back anymore following everything that happened during surgery and afterwards and the rest of that year. God saved my life 5 different times throughout 2010-2013. He has gotten me through so much that it’s hard to believe everything I faced and was diagnosed with because it was literally one life threatening health issue after another and multiple at the same time. My Guardian Angels have been working overtime throughout my life and it’s crazy because I can look back over the years and clearly see when one or more stepped to help or protect me physically , mentally, and emotionally. I wouldn’t be alive today without them and the people God brought into my life just when I needed them most to help prepare me for whatever was coming next. This happened for the first time that I was actually aware of it in 2010. I had met 2 amazing women who quickly became my dearest friends on Facebook throughout the game Yoville. A coworker had introduced me to the game and I really had no clue what to do other than earning money to get a house and decorate them which I loved doing. I went to a help page that had people looking for new players to be friends with and one lady looked like a dear friend who sadly had passed away 10 years ago. She and I became friends both in the game and in real life and eventually she introduced me to her friend Cathy. We had so many things in common and connections that were crazy because Cathy lived in Canada, Joan in New Jersey and me in North Carolina, but my mother ‘s family came from Belgium and had immigrated to Canada and I still had family in the province where she lived. Joan lived less then 20 minutes from the city my family had lived in when I was born in NJ. I had been experiencing severe back pain and my idiot former doctor didn’t believe me and implied that it was all in my head repeatedly. I knew that Joan had survived a near fatal car accident and had broken her spine in multiple locations and had been in a halo cast for months because they had to literally rebuild her cervical spine after it collapsed. With their encouragement and a lot of prayers to God I finally stood up to my doctor and demanded that he order an MRI which he didn’t want to do. He made the process as difficult as he could and tried to embarrass me by sending me to the wrong hospital so it took a month to finally get it done. It was done on a Friday evening and he got the call with the results on the next Monday, but he didn’t bother to call me...instead he had a staff member setup my appointment with my Neurosurgeon and had her call me the next day and I had to ask her what the MRI had shown. That MRI saved my life. I quickly discovered that both Cathy and Joan had had the same surgery that I was going to have and they were able to help me prepare for it mentally and physically. I only had a few days to get everything together because I needed immediate surgery. My Neurosurgeon couldn’t believe that I could even stand up let alone walk at all or function at the level I was. Well it was because of God. He had been protecting me and keeping things under control until he could get me to the closest hospital that had the most high tech and skilled surgeons to help me. It took 20 years which is why it’s so crazy and so many miracles that got me there because according to the MRI with the location and amount of damage shown in the MRI I shouldn’t have been able to do anything at all. After the surgery he told us that the damage had been even worse and that I had been literally one wrong move away from death or becoming a quadriplegic on a respirator for the rest of my life. I have had 4 spinal surgeries so far and still need more on my lower thoracic and lumbar regions, but my surgeon retired in 2018 and I haven’t found anyone I trust enough to do it and I need to lose some more weight and the pandemic hasn’t helped that situation and the fact that I can’t drive anymore complicates things too. Because I have been having so many neurological symptoms I was advised not to drive until they figure out what is going on with me. Because I am also immune compromised due to my treatments for both breast cancer and endometrial cancer which I was also battling starting in August of 2011-2019. I discovered the lump in my right breast at the end of March 2011 a month after my mother passed away from multiple strokes. My idiot former doctor waited until 3 days before my next scheduled spinal surgeries to give me the results of my biopsy and then had the gall to suggest postponing the spinal surgeries to deal with the cancer. I literally looked at him like he was nuts and said that I would not be canceling the surgery that had been approved and scheduled for over 6 months. He turned to my husband and said that if it was his wife he would want her to take care of the cancer first. My husband said that it was a good thing that I wasn’t his wife then because I was going ahead with my spinal surgeries. An MRI back in the fall had shown that I was having the same problem with my spinal cord, vertebrae, nerves above and below the first fusion site at C4-C6 and that I needed to have fusion done on 3 sides of my spine starting at C2 and going down to T1. He also needed to do a Laminectomy in order to remove a piece of each vertebrae in the affected area in preparation of widening my spinal canal because my spinal cord couldn’t move and was becoming tethered which with everything else was causing major problems. During surgery they put a special dental guard into your mouth as part of the intubation process which helps keep your teeth and tongue protected. Anytime you have surgery while facing the floor there’s a risk that your tongue can start to swell. During the last 6 hours of my 10 hour surgery which was 2 surgeries done back to back, I was facing the floor. They really don’t know what happened or how it happened, but my tongue was injured in two places on the top surface. I have two, 2 inch long gashes on the surface of my tongue that were quite deep. This caused my tongue to swell and slowly was cutting off the amount of oxygen getting to my brain because my airway was compromised. They didn’t realize it until the alarms started going off and didn’t know the extent of the injury to my tongue and if it had affected my brain which it did. I was in critical condition in the highest level ICU as they tried to get the swelling down because I couldn’t breathe on my own. I am allergic to most adhesives and generally if they remove the surgical material they put on my skin before surgery I usually do pretty good as it has only been a couple of hours. Well this time it was on for over 10 hours and when they removed it I looked like I had 3rd degree burns on my face, neck, chest, and back from my hairline down to in between my shoulder blades. My skin was blistered and bleeding and red like the worst sunburn imaginable. It was also extremely painful and itchy as it started to heal. It has taken my husband almost 10 years to tell me about that time in the ICU because he didn’t know if I was going to survive on top of the drastic changes in my appearance and not knowing what else might have been affected by the lack of oxygen. Thankfully I don’t have pictures of myself until a month later when I was in the physical rehabilitation center. I had seen myself in a mirror during the month long hospitalization, but I have little memory from that time because of everything I went through was very traumatic and traumatized me so I now have PTSD. I spent 2 weeks as an inpatient at the physical rehabilitation center rebuilding my strength and muscle because I would have to relearn how to do everyday tasks that you don’t normally even think about. I would spend years going to outpatient physical therapy trying to regain whatever I could and learning to cope with the changes to me physically, mentally, emotionally, and cognitively because I did suffer a brain injury that would be further complicated by a life threatening infection that spread to my brain, blood, spinal/brain fluid, bone and basically everywhere that went undiagnosed for 11 months and was the cause of all of the neurological symptoms that I had been dealing with starting around September of 2011 during the daily radiation treatments for breast cancer. It is mind blowing that the infection wasn’t killed by the high doses of radiation daily that killed the swear glands and hair follicles in the same area. The doctors were shocked when pathology finally diagnosed it. It took another 10 months to kill it.
I keep you in prayer that you are covered in God’s grace in all areas of your life. Your positivity is inspiring
wow you are doing so much better now. Lots of movement. Keep it up
I love all you guys ❣️
Looks like you're having a great time. Cute clothes
So amazing 💕
I'm really glad you got to that Makayla. It looks like y'all had a great time.
9:10 I ALSO DO SOUNDS LIKE THAT WHEN IM EXCITED
So cool Monica was there!
Happy to see you had an amazed trip
Hey your an awsome vloger I love your videos......100...I pray for you/think about you almost every day if not everyday.....swear.....your so sweet..... I will always be cheering for you.....I want you to be happy 💪💪💪💪
📣 YA'LL 📣 ROCK 📣
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Hi Makayla , I live overseas and I love you videos and your energy . you are wonderful girl with positive attitude !!!
Great video!
It is very frustrating how little accessibility exists!!! It is a good cause to make some noise about!
So sweet. 💖
Love this 100% classic teen girl video! Live your best life beautiful!!
This made me miss ATL. So much to do there. I lived there for 3 months for a physical therapy internship:)
8:53 where is Myriah’s blue jacket from?!
MAKAYLA,WATCHING YOUR VIDEO REALLY EASING MY PAIN. YOU ARE TRULY AMAZING AND YOUR FAMILY IS ALSO. THANK GOD FOR YOUR SUPPORT,THE LORD AND YOUR MOM AND SISTER GOING TO HAVE YOU WALKING AGAIN!!! GO TEAM💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏👌👌👌👍👍👍💥💥💥🌟🌟🌟💞💞💞😇😇😇