You can't get in a bath tub or shower when you can't put weight on your legs.

293

Chelsea is where I want to be. All my friends are here, from young single women who moved here from the Upper West Side they thought it was pretty desolate up there to gay men and even a young, married couple.

210

I learned to find the bright side, ... I knew I was in a wheelchair, but I was happy I was there. I had two legs, and they were going to get better.

201

Mom kept saying she was so happy I was here.

200

If they ever need anything I will be there.

138

I am making everything wheelchair accessible, ... I have a shower that you can roll a wheelchair into.

118

Something like this opens your eyes, ... You think you have friends. Something like this happens; then, you know you have friends.

105

If I lived on the Upper West Side, I'd be stuck in Siberia.

100

I went back to work after a month, ... Dr. Womack got me a computer and hooked me up to wireless Internet. My mother's dining room became my office.

93