We take things for granted.....but a life event can be life altering

I am an extremely high energy fast moving person.  My personal friends and Real Estate friends have always said they only wish they had half the energy I do.  I'm a person that does not require a lot of sleep and it doesn't faze me to work a great deal since that's what makes me smile.  I was an I/T professional at Aetna in Hartford, CT for 22 years and achieved great things and climbed the Corporate ladder.  I decided at the end of 2002 to leave Corporate america and become a Real Estate Agent.  My Real Estate business took off from day one and it's been great fun and extremely rewarding.....I couldn't be happier!!!!  On Tuesday, January 22, 2008 there was an unfortunate event that has derailed me for the moment.  I had made arrangements for a non-profit organization to come and pick up a piece of furniture at a clients condo.  In a split second that very piece of furniture came crashing down off a high box truck and landed on my right foot.....I never saw it coming!!!!  I was taken by ambulance to the hospital where I was told after an X-Ray, there are no breaks stay off of the foot for 3-5 days and you'll be fine.  A couple of days later I was back to the hospital because the right leg from the knee down and foot went cold.  A CAT scan uncovered two blood clots in the right leg.  I spent 3 days in the hospital on blood thinners and went home with a precription for 6 months of blood thinner treatment.  Within 2 hours of being released from the hospital the leg and foot again went cold and back to the hospital.  This time an angiogram uncovered a crushed artery in the foot that is crushed beyond repair.....WOW.  I spent another 5 days in the hospital and was again released on a 6 month blood thinner plan.  Talk about life altering.....no one at this point can give a prognosis as to how well I'll walk again, when or if full circulation will return with the help of new collateral arteries developing and what permanent damage will remain.  This once energized bunny is now moving quite slowly and looking at each day with a different perspective.  I will never take good health for granted again.