{"quotes":[{"text":"The video was still playing, although I didn't know why. It seemed as if the able-bodied dancers were mocking me.","author":"Sarah Todd Hammer","tags":["chronic-illness","chronic-pain","dance","disability","fatigue","inspirational","invisible-illness","motivational","myelitis","neuropathy","paralysis","rare-disease","run","sci","spinal-cord-injury","tm","transverse-myelitis"],"id":65805,"author_id":"Sarah+Todd+Hammer"},{"text":"As I sat up I turned my head to the side, but immediately straightened it again when I felt a sharp pain shoot through my neck.","author":"Jennifer Starzec","tags":["adventure","chronic-illness","illness","inspirational","journey","motivational","nerve-pain","pain","paralysis","spinal-cord-injury","transverse-myelitis"],"id":85457,"author_id":"Jennifer+Starzec"},{"text":"Dancing with a spinal cord injury is a challenge like no other, but I aspired to prove to myself that I could still be phenomenal dancer even with an SCI.","author":"Sarah Todd Hammer","tags":["chronic-illness","chronic-pain","dance","disability","fatigue","inspirational","invisible-illness","motivational","myelitis","neuropathy","paralysis","rare-disease","run","sci","spinal-cord-injury","tm","transverse-myelitis"],"id":149639,"author_id":"Sarah+Todd+Hammer"},{"text":"I had learned quickly that life doesn't always go the way I want it to, and that's okay. I still plod on.","author":"Sarah Todd Hammer","tags":["chronic-illness","chronic-pain","dance","disability","fatigue","inspirational","invisible-illness","motivational","myelitis","neuropathy","paralysis","rare-disease","run","sci","spinal-cord-injury","tm","transverse-myelitis"],"id":150097,"author_id":"Sarah+Todd+Hammer"},{"text":"A blur. That’s what it felt like to me.","author":"Jennifer Starzec","tags":["adventure","good-sttitude","inspirational","paralysis","scared","spinal-cord-injury","transverse-myelitis"],"id":274055,"author_id":"Jennifer+Starzec"},{"text":"Before I knew it, I was once again being whisked down the hallways at the new hospital into an even bigger room, one that, unbeknownst to me, would be my home for what would feel like a long, long time.","author":"Jennifer Starzec","tags":["adventure","chronic-illness","illness","inspirational","paralysis","spinal-cord-injury","transverse-myeltiis"],"id":408662,"author_id":"Jennifer+Starzec"},{"text":"All of a sudden, my right hand was dead, unplugged, and my left was definitely not working right.","author":"Jennifer Starzec","tags":["adventure","good-attitude","inspirational","paralysis","scared","spinal-cord-injury","transverse-myelitis"],"id":415679,"author_id":"Jennifer+Starzec"},{"text":"I often wished that more people understood the invisible side of things. Even the people who seemed to understand, didn't really.","author":"Jennifer Starzec","tags":["chronic-illness","chronic-pain","dance","disability","fatigue","inspirational","invisible-illness","motivational","myelitis","neuropathy","paralysis","rare-disease","run","sci","spinal-cord-injury","tm","transverse-myelitis"],"id":427932,"author_id":"Jennifer+Starzec"},{"text":"The weekend was a much-needed breath of fresh air; Monday always seemed to not only take that breath right back, but add a few extra pounds to my shoulders as well.","author":"Jennifer Starzec","tags":["chronic-illness","chronic-pain","dance","disability","fatigue","inspirational","invisible-illness","motivational","myelitis","neuropathy","paralysis","rare-disease","run","sci","spinal-cord-injury","tm","transverse-myelitis"],"id":446116,"author_id":"Jennifer+Starzec"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":9,"pages":1}}