After Losing All Her Fingers And Toes, This Teenager Is Trying To Warn Other Students
Dec 14, 2018 by apost team
Your whole life can change overnight. Tragedy struck this 19-year-old girl in the form of hypothermia. She was found unconscious and frozen to the floor of a neighbor's porch one morning. She was wearing only regular clothes, a jacket, and a pair of Ugg boots.
On a night with temperatures in the negative teens, Alyssa Lommel had been dropped off at her house. Somehow, she never made it to the front door.
She survived the night but lost all of her fingers and toes due to hypothermia. Now she wants to educate others about the dangers of cold weather.
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If she had been wearing warm enough clothes the outcome wouldn't have been so extreme. Many young people do not wear warm enough clothes in the winter because they feel it ruins their outfit. But is looking good really worth hypothermia? Alyssa says no.
Thankfully, the teenager is on her way to recovery with the assistance of her community. Though her physical injuries healed long ago, she has had to learn to live a whole new life.
Think about how many things you depend on your fingers for. Alyssa had to relearn how to drive, read a book, and open doorknobs. In this way, she is still healing from the tragedy. She says she would not have made it without every single one of her friends and family members.
When paramedics arrived Alyssa's hands were very swollen, and her body temperature was 79 degrees Fahrenheit. Her life has been so difficult since her accident that she gets upset when she sees people going outside without protection from the weather.
She urges people to put on hats and gloves even if they don't want to carry them around inside the bar or club. It can sometimes mean the difference between life and death. It almost did for Alyssa.
What do you think of this story? How often do you go out in the cold without a hat or gloves? Show this video to your friends and family to warn them that braving the cold can have dire consequences.