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While carefully maneuvering their rather heavy Patient toward the bed, one of Cheyenne's companion Nurses Assistant's tripped over the Patient's wheelchair. The companion Nurses Assistant #1, let go of her end, the other Companion Nurses Assistant #2, let go of her end, and being in the middle, and still hanging on, Cheyenne and the 450 pound Patient went down to the floor together.

One, Two, Three ! Buckle your knees ! Three and Four ! Hit the Floor !

Fortunately, for the Patient, she landed on Cheyenne. Unfortunately, for Cheyenne, becoming a floor cushion for the weight of her patient broke her back.

After a couple of months of pre-surgical therapies, Cheyenne received a laminectomy. Pieces of her hip bone were fused to her spine in order to repair the damage.

Cheyenne jumped right into therapy. If they told her to walk a block with her walker, she walked two. If they instructed her to perform daily exercises in a swimming pool, Cheyenne became a Mermaid.

Luckily, the only sports activities Cheyenne had to give up were tennis, squash and racquetball. She was able to maintain and continue to enjoy all of her other physical activities: hiking, back packing and camping in state and national parks, kayaking, biking, archery, horseback riding, dancing and various other team sports she enjoyed participating in with family, friends and students.

However, the Nursing School was leery of Cheyenne's being able to continue to fulfill the necessary body mechanics of a Nurse's job. And she would be required to Work on a hospital floor for four years before she could be considered for the position of a Nursing Instructor (Teacher). So, with a sigh, a shrug of her shoulders and singing Que Sera, Sera (What will Be, Will Be), Cheyenne decided to complete a Degree and Certification Programs for Teaching within Public Schools (while continuing to pursue her Singing, Writing and Visual Arts interests). It would be the Best of all Worlds.

To the surprise of Everyone at the Medical Center (her Family and Friends included) Cheyenne refused to sue Anyone or the Med Center for getting injured while on the job. The Center's neglect for not maintaining a properly functioning chair-lift, and her companion Nursing Assistant's accidental tripping and letting go of the rather heavy 450 pound Patient were all Forgiven.

Cheyenne told them, I do not believe in law suits. The are the bane and ruination of Civilizations. Accidents happen.

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