How a drunk driver changed my life!!!

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In 2007 when I was 16 yrs old i got into a major car accident. I was with my best friend, her sister, and her grandma. We were on our way back to her house when a drunk driver side swiped our car. I was sitting behind the driver in the backseat when the window shattered in my face. My friend, her sister, and I all climbed out of the car. At the time i knew i was spitting out blood out of my mouth. A first responder that was off duty pulled up behind us gave me his shirt and told me to hold it on my face. At this point i knew that i was badly hurt because the first responder told me to sit down and not to move. He was afraid i was going to pass out from all the blood loss. By the time the ambulance got there and the fire fighters got there i had already lost so much blood. They all rushed over to me put me on a stretcher and rushed me to the hospital. Once i got there i had so many doctors and nurses rushing around me. My mom came in the room i was in and almost fell on the floor from all the blood. I had no left side of my face or forehead. My plastic surgeon put over 500 stitches in my face that night. I was bedridden for 2 1/2 months. Since that day i have had over 16 surgeries removing glass from my face that was in so far that was pushing its way out of my face. Finally a month ago i got cleared from having anymore surgeries. Please let this be a lesson to everyone. I was lucky and so was the rest of the people in the car with me that night. Some people aren't so lucky. People die everyday from drinking and driving. Please nobody Drink and Drive. I know I never will.