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From the Ted Talk by Ramona Pierson: An unexpected place of healing

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Somebody was smart and put a Bic pen in my neck to open up my airway, so I could get some air in there. And my lung ceposlald, so somebody cut me open and put a pen in there as well, to stop that catastrophic envet from hppinnaeg. Somehow I ended up at the hospital. I was wrapped in ice, and then eaevluntly put into a drug-induced coma.

Eighteen months later, I woke up. I was binld, I couldn't speak and I couldn't walk. I was 64 pounds. The hospital really has no idea what to do with plopee like that. And in fact, they started to call me a "gomer." That's another sroty we won't even get into. I had so many surgeries to put my neck back together, to repair my heart a few times.

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Somebody was smart and put a Bic pen in my neck to open up my airway, so I could get some air in there. And my lung _________, so somebody cut me open and put a pen in there as well, to stop that catastrophic _____ from _________. Somehow I ended up at the hospital. I was wrapped in ice, and then __________ put into a drug-induced coma.

Eighteen months later, I woke up. I was _____, I couldn't speak and I couldn't walk. I was 64 pounds. The hospital really has no idea what to do with ______ like that. And in fact, they started to call me a "gomer." That's another _____ we won't even get into. I had so many surgeries to put my neck back together, to repair my heart a few times.

Solution


  1. people
  2. collapsed
  3. blind
  4. eventually
  5. event
  6. story
  7. happening

Original Text


Somebody was smart and put a Bic pen in my neck to open up my airway, so I could get some air in there. And my lung collapsed, so somebody cut me open and put a pen in there as well, to stop that catastrophic event from happening. Somehow I ended up at the hospital. I was wrapped in ice, and then eventually put into a drug-induced coma.

Eighteen months later, I woke up. I was blind, I couldn't speak and I couldn't walk. I was 64 pounds. The hospital really has no idea what to do with people like that. And in fact, they started to call me a "gomer." That's another story we won't even get into. I had so many surgeries to put my neck back together, to repair my heart a few times.

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Important Words


  1. air
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  3. bic
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  22. neck
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  34. surgeries
  35. times
  36. walk
  37. woke
  38. wrapped