I'd done it before. I was in and out. It was no big deal.

If you lose the school, you lose the lifeblood of the community. Families move here because we have a school. Without it, we could end up as a dormitory town, a retirement village, rather than the thriving community we are at the moment.

There is no such thing as a safe surgery. If I could do that day over, I would have never gone in.

Basically, he left me there to bleed to death.

I have no doubt in my mind we will win the appeal.

The money wasn't the big thing. I thought what he did to me was horrible.

Doctors make you believe it's as safe as going to the dentist. I had no idea.

I chose to work voluntarily. Not working was not going to change (the pain). I had to make a choice to go on with my life.