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Monica Forgues Getting Ready To Graduate POSTED: 11:27 p.m. CDT June 11, 2003 UPDATED: 9:48 a.m. CDT June 12, 2003 Copyright 2003 by Channel 3000
Forgues was 15 years old when she woke up in the hospital and instantly knew she was paralyzed. While Forgues has worked to get movement back into her hands, she takes ongoing medical setbacks in stride. More important, the 19-year-old says she's happy. "My accident was a blessing in disguise," Forgues told News 3's Linda Eggert. "It stopped me from doing all the things that would have hurt me. So now I don't do them anymore." The things that hurt her included being a runaway and hanging out with the wrong people. Forgues says that's all in her past. Her future is the focus now. Thursday, she gets her GED and graduates from high school. Her mother, Nancy Ashton, is bursting with pride. Van Crash Victim Calls Crash Blessing In Disquise "She's accomplished a lot," Ashton said. "(She's) been through a lot of obstacles to get where she's going (Thursday) night."
"She's had some ups and downs on the way through, but she really pulled through in the end," Mireles said. "I'm very proud of her. I think she's very strong willed." "That's what everybody says, but I don't see how," Forgues replied. Her mother disagrees, and is looking forward to the graduation ceremony. "I'm going to have a lot of tears," Ashton said. "But they're tears of hapiness, not tears of sadness." This fall, Forgues hopes to enroll in Madison Area Technical College to learn Web design and computers. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Channel 3000 Original Article URL Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission. |
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