A Tuscaloosa family is trying to figure out how to move forward after a drunk driver left their daughter paralyzed last month.
) - A Tuscaloosa family is trying to figure out how to move forward after a drunk driver left their daughter paralyzed last month. Julie Steed , 24, was getting ready to leave work just like any other night.
She clocked out, put on her helmet, and got on her scooter to drive home. She never made it. “I know this isn’t the end of my life. I know that there are opportunities for me, but this isn’t something that you prepare for,” Julie Steed said. Her mother, Jamie Steed, was over 400 miles away in Tuscaloosa when she received a phone call at 2 a.m. Police in Lafayette, Louisiana, say Julie was hit from behind by a drunk driver nearly three times over the legal limit. She was lying in the road and run over by two more vehicles.When her mom arrived, Julie was in critical condition.She is now paralyzed from the chest down with limited movement in her right arm. “She was living on her own. She was paying her bills. She got her a job, making herself back and forth work on her own. And I was so proud of her. I really was,” Jamie Steed said. A Tuscaloosa family is trying to figure out how to move forward after a drunk driver left their daughter paralyzed last month.After spending a month at the hospital in Louisiana, Julie was transferred to Noland Hospital in Birmingham for treatment where she can receive the specialized care that she needs. The family is trying to figure out what her new normal will look like. “Every little normalcy thing here has been making me feel better. Like, just a can of soda. Because it reminds me of the good times and that things will get better,” Julie Steed said. When she is finally discharged, she will spend about a month in an inpatient rehab facility before coming home to Tuscaloosa, where her family is converting a building in their backyard into a wheelchair-accessible home for her.“We got to do a wheelchair ramp. You never thought of buying an automobile that holds a wheelchair? Those are expensive,” Jamie Steed said. Dakota Wagoner, 36, is charged with operating while intoxicated and vehicular negligent injuring. The investigation is ongoing. “She didn’t do anything wrong. She was just, I mean, they have every right to drive in the road,” Jamie Steed said.“Look at what you’ve done. You’re never going to undo your actions, but you can be better in the future,” Julie Steed said. Julie Steed has had five surgeries and will stay at Noland Hospital while her wounds continue to heal. She will then move to an inpatient rehab facility. The timeline is still unclear, but the family is taking it day by day.3 arrested, juvenile included, in alleged contraband drop at Alabama prison
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