A 28-year-old woman is now paralyzed from the waist down after a piano fell on her.
Danielle Drummond told CBS affiliate WOIO in an interview published Sunday, May 19, that the accident happened after she moved to Eugene, Oregon, hoping to get a “fresh start.”
The Ohio native said she was helping a friend move a piano when she bent down to put something under it, causing it to slip out of her friend’s hands.
“It fell on me like a whole upright piano and severed my spinal cord. Now I’m paralyzed from the waist down,” Drummond told the news outlet.
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After emergency surgery, Drummond was told she would never walk again, but she is determined to stay positive and focus on what she can control.
“I’m trying to be in a good mood because I know this is my life now, but it’s hard. I need a lot more physical therapy right now. I have to renew my strength,” she said.
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Danielle Drummonds.
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Although her family is miles away, her sister, Rosie Hayne, created a GoFundMe in her name.
Hayne notes in the campaign that Drummond has a T11 and T12 fracture, along with a T10 to L2 fusion, which has left her family “absolutely heartbroken”.
“My little sister means the world to me and I hope that any help received will provide financial support for her medical needs,” he adds.
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Danielle Drummonds.
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In an update this week, Hayne tells PEOPLE there’s still a lot to figure out.
“Right now we’re trying to figure out where he’s going to live after rehab,” she says. “I would love for her to come back and live in Cleveland, but that would be entirely her decision, because she has family here and none in Oregon.”
But, Hayne adds, her sister is still in “great spirits” and “getting the knowledge she needs to move forward independently.”
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