“I Was Strapped to a Backboard After a Crash — My Mom Only Wanted a $4,200 Transfer”

stubborn, miraculous baby—had a heartbeat strong enough to make the ultrasound technician smile.

“Tough little fighter,” she said, and I cried then, finally, from relief so profound it hurt worse than my ribs.

They moved me to a recovery room eventually, got me stabilized, started a morphine drip that dulled the worst of the physical pain but left my continue reading …