MIDDLETOWN — Doctors told a man he may never walk again after a car crash left him with several spinal cord injuries.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 11:00, 40-year-old Anthony Hendriex, of Middletown, was riding in a car on Interstate 75 in Miamisburg last fall when the crash happened.
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Eight months ago, Hendriex loved to work and spend time with his family, but that all changed in an instant.
He went from riding in a car to waking up at Kettering Health.
“Believe in yourself, you know, giving up won’t get you no where,” he said.
That’s the mindset Hendriex said has gotten him through the past eight months.
“I was like a newborn baby, you know, I couldn’t walk, you know, I was always in place,” he said.
Hendriex was asleep while his friend was driving when their car crashed into another.
He spent more than a month at Kettering Health.
Hi girlfriend, Jamie, is now a full-time caregiver.
She gave up her home, car, and moved in with him.
“I couldn’t ask for anything better,” he said.
This wasn’t Hendriex’s first tragic car crash.
20 years ago, his mother died in a crash while they were on their way to see his dad.
“It was just thoughts in my head, you know, why couldn’t I go? Why couldn’t she still be here? You know, why would you take someone I love away from me?” Hendriex said.
It was hard, but he picked himself up and kept going.
That determination to persevere is still a part of his life.
Hendriex said his doctors gave him a 50% chance of walking again a year after the crash and a 20% chance that he may never walk again.
But he proved them wrong and took his first steps four months after the crash.
“All my doctors are amazed, you know, with the effort that I put in and have come so far,” Hendriex added. “I’m not going to hold a grudge against the person that put me in this situation. You know? All I can do is move forward.”
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