UI Graduate Narrates How She Made Good Grades Despite Terrible Bike Accident (Photos)

Rebecca,a graduate, of the University of Ibadan (UI), Ibadan, has taken to the social media to celebrate her success of making 5.0 CGPA, despite a terrible bike accident she suffered while in school.

Rebecca recalled that the accident occurred, on November 2015, when she boarded a bike and she ended up admitted at the University College Hospital (UCH).

While on her hospital bed, Rebecca pulled through and graduated with a 2.1 after studying hard, wearing the neck collar.

She is currently doing her mandatory national Youth Service in Enugu State.

Here is her post on social media:

Saturday evening November 14 2015, reminds me of what it means “2fight for one’s life’. As I boarded a 20 mins bike from my school (UI) to the University College hospital (UCH, Ibadan) for a quick visit. I had no idea that was going to be my home for a while as within 5 mins of leaving the school gate all I can remember was a car running into my bike from the side.

Me dragging my almost lifeless body away from the busy road tasting blood in my mouth, pain all over my body. Voices of concerned passers-by helping me up as they asked…”who should we call?”. “Jesus help me” is all I could mutter as I was trying hard to hold onto my life.

Drips, injections, doctors, questions, darkness. I couldn’t see a thing anymore, then, I couldn’t make good sentences. ‘We have to run a CT scan and X-rays, to check her brain and her spinal cord,’ that was what the last thing I heard.

Neuro ward, that is where I spent the folowing days. “Nurses would clean your wounds daily but you are not to move or turn your head. You will have to eat, urinate, poo, bathe on this bed. We need to be sure your spinal cord was not affected.” the doctor said.

Night was the time everything about life made me sad. I was a final year student, my project was still there, and I had exams in 2weeks. I cried every night. Was I going to have an extra year? I kept asking God so many questions. I depended on the nurses for everything, Everything!

My project, exams. I studied hard, it was difficult because I had to wear the neck collar since I insisted on going back to 2school, I did not want bed rest.

So everything I did, was with my neck collar, eat, drink, bathe, read. I could not bend, lift heavy things, or sleep on a bed. I would cry every time because I was in pain but I had 2 be strong.

I read in neck collar, wrote my exams, defended my project and graduated wit a 5.0 CGPA.

With the help of God, family, friends, lecturers, roommate, course mates and doctors. I pulled thru.

Oh!…I still do not know the car or driver who hit me. Eyewitnesses said, he ran his tyres on us, dragged us as the bike got hooked to the car and drove off on top speed!

See some of the pictures below