Have you ever heard of Roman Kostomarov? He is a Russian figure skater who won the gold medal in ice dance at the 2006 Olympics. After retiring amateur competitions, he had been active as a professional ice skater. He had attended lots of ice skating shows around the world and attracted audiences with his marvelous performance. In January 2023, he developed pneumonia and was hospitalized in critical condition. He later suffered from sepsis and was clinical death several times. He wore an artificial heart-lung machine and a ventilator to recover.
However, his condition got worse and became peripheral circulation disorder. In order to save his life, desperately, he had no choice to loose both his legs and arms. When his doctor first told him this, he couldn't accept it. He asked himself why he still had to live. He tried to find the reason. Eventually, he discovered it, which was for his beloved people. Since then, he had faced to himself and worked hard. He started rehabilitation. Eleven months later, he stood on the ice rink with two artificial legs and performed with his former partner.
When I read the article about him, I was impressed by his strength. We can't image how hard his life must have been. I don't think I would recover from such a situation in just eleven months. I would be crushed by sadness. He overcame countless obstacles and has become a real hero.
You can watch one of his best performance here, and you also can see his performance after the tragedy here.
I truly hope his permanence encourages you and lifts your sprites!
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Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for that story. Some people are really inspirational by their persistence. People like Joni Eareckson Tada... she's an artist too....
I heard about a study where people were asked: would you keep living if you lost all your limbs? The majority of respondents answered that they'd rather kill themselves. But when people who had actually lived through a tragedy and lost their limbs were asked about their life, they said that they had learned how to enjoy life in their new state with all its limitations. Some even said that it was the best thing that had ever happened to them, because only then they learned to value life and actually started living.
Humans are very resilient creatures. Even if we can't imagine our life without things we seem to need now, we adapt when we lose them.
@T-Newfields Thank you as always!
@MusiqueGraeme Thank you for sharing the person, Joni Eaareckson Tada. I looked up about her and read her Wikipedia page. Her life also sounds very dramatic.
@BalaGi I was impressed by your comment! Thank you so much for sharing. You're so right!!