CHESTERFIELD, VA.
A Chesterfield teen continues to fight after becoming paralyzed during a volunteer trip to Panama during spring break.
In March Kasey Crute broke her back after a freak accident. After spending time in an Atlanta, GA hospital, Crute was preparing to come home to Chester.
Crute just celebrated her 19th birthday. In a video posted on Facebook by the teen, Crute thanked people for your support and explained why she's holding onto faith.
Because of the way she's framed by the camera on her computer, you can't tell Kasey Crute is strapped into her wheel chair. Able to raise her hands, she explained her paralysis.
"I'm paralyzed from here down," said Crute as she pointed to her chest. "And I can't move my fingers. They're just, kind of in a fist."
The teen was swimming with local children. Everyone had been jumping in and out of the water. When Crute took a leap into the water, she surfaced head down. She was instantly paralyzed. She broke her back.
"All I have is my arms and my head. It appears like I'm moving my back, but it's just my shoulders," Crute said in the video posted on her Facebook page.
"I'm not going to lie and say that it isn't extremely challenging to get through the days, but probably more mentally than physically," said Crute in a somber voice. Throughout the video, her eyes moved from the camera to her lap.
Her family is preparing for the worst, while the girl set on graduating from UVA is wishing for the best.
"I am hoping on a miracle," said Crute. "You hear of amazing things happening to people. You just never know who it's going to happen to. I don't know if I deserve it, or if anyone deserves it, or if it's just random... but I'm really hoping on one."
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