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With A Dream On Hold, Bombing Victim Remains Optimistic

BOSTON — Mery Daniel’s dream of becoming a doctor in the U.S. is on hold. The young mother from Haiti was one of the last Boston Marathon bombing victims to be released from the hospital. Her life now is all about mastering the basics, such as learning to walk again.

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The 31-year-old had moved closer to the music and other celebrations when she heard a loud noise.

“And I was on the floor and I still didn’t understand what was happening,” she recalled. “When I looked next to me there was a woman, with the arms were gone. And that’s when I understood something very tragic had just happened.”

Mery lost her left leg and much of the back of her right leg was blown away. Unconscious, she was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital. It was two days before she woke and discovered the extent of her injuries.

http://www.wbur.org/2013/05/14/bombing-victim-daniel

“I’m surviving,” she said. “I can say I’m OK. Slowly but surely I think I’m getting better every day.“I’m learning how to walk right now. I was so excited because I just started walking a couple of days ago. I’m like a little child, just with the first step and I’m looking forward to every single session of therapy.” - Meru Daniel

http://www.gofundme.com/meryrecovery

“When we got there they explained to us how she was. At that time she couldn’t speak, she couldn’t speak.”

Mery’s father-in-law says the family was told her heart had stopped and doctors had to manually massage it to get it beating again, but that wasn’t all.

“She lost the left leg,” he said. “The other one was very bad until they put a skin graft. She can talk now, she understands she is alive, and we say thanks to God.”

http://www.wbur.org/2013/05/02/haitian-american-bombing-victim