Harpin still credits her parents' support with keeping her spirits up. They've pushed me to do more things too, she says.

哈宾仍然认为父母的支持使她振作起来。“他们也敦促我多做些事情，”她说。

Harpin was unconscious as she was airlifted to a hospital in Miami the next day and woke up in a daze of pain medication to discover she was paralyzed from the waist down.

第二天，哈宾被空运到迈阿密的一家医院时还没有意识。止痛药作用逐渐消退，她迷迷糊糊醒来，发现自己腰部以下都瘫痪了。

A week before heading from Miami to Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford for further rehab-and where she'd be closer to home-Harpin asked her sister to come to the hospital with her favorite dress and hair curlers.

从迈阿密前往沃林福德的盖洛德医院（这里离家更近）接受进一步康复治疗的前一周，哈宾请妹妹带着她最喜欢的裙子和卷发器来医院。