Ms. KAITY ROBERTSON: Happy Tears

  “I struggled a lot mentally,” Kaity Robertson, 21, said of her accident. “That sudden stop damaged me mentally and physically.”

  

Kaity says she enjoys Wed. night Faith Temple youth group meetings with David and Rebecca Cowan. Before the June 5, 2024, meeting, Kaity, then a student at North Greenville Univ. and a shift-leader at Della Ventura (eatery), was enjoying swinging high on swings located behind the original Faith Temple building (now used by Destination Church of God), Taylors, SC. The swing’s right chain broke where the chain fastened to its top bar.

  

“I was swinging forward and just went flying,” Kaity said. “I had no time to process, landed face-first with sand all over me, and hit my chin. The left side of the swing didn’t break. I heard snapping. My right wrist seemed a little off. My left wrist was broken.”

  

David Cowan broke off bracelets on her swelling arm. Pastor Trey Thompson of Destination Church of God brought “a holy, emotional-support towel.” Women helped Kaity stand. Sage, David and Rebecca’s daughter, was in tears. Her baby sister, Ruby, didn’t know what to think.

  

“I’m gonna pass out,” Kaity said. 

  

Her ears rang; people’s voices seemed far away; she felt ready to black out; but a lady calmed her. 

  

Kaity’s mother, Sherri, drove her to the St. Francis Eastside ER. Kaity cried during the whole trip. Pastor Raymond Burrows and wife, Ann, visited Kaity in the ER. “Pastor checked on me almost every day during my recovery,” Kaity said. “He and Ann were with me many times.” 

  

Kaity catnapped and needed painkillers during the night after the accident. Dr. Megan Friend saw her on Thursday, said both wrists were broken, and scheduled surgery for Friday. Kaity’s left wrist involved dislocation, break, and fracture. Dr. Friend also performed left-wrist “carpal tunnel” surgery and placed a pin in that wrist. She also operated on Kaity’s broken right wrist.

  

Sherri took FMLA (leave time) to help after the surgery. Kaity’s father, Jimmy, helped. Kaity’s “work parents,” Stacey Della Ventura Vedsted and her husband, Aaron Vedsted, brought Kaity candy and cookies. Reba Turner, Kaity’s aunt, helped with care, as did Roseanne and Danny Phillips. Faith Temple helped with “makeup pay” for time Kaity missed at work. Church insurance paid on the accident. 

  

“Someone had to help me eat, go to the bathroom, change clothes,” Kaity said. “I had trash bags over my arms to take a shower. I was overthinking everything I did to avoid hurting my wrists. Stairs scared me, even walkways — two months of not using my hands. I wondered, ‘Why me?’ I’m a get-up-and-go person. I love to do things with my hands, like knitting.” 

  

Rebecca Cowan said, “Because you’re such a busy person, maybe God’s telling you to slow down.” Annette Lutz said if a smaller child had been swinging in that swing, the accident could have been worse. 

   

Kaity’s trust in God remained intact. She had accepted Christ when the late Mrs. Mary Lou Langley Lollis prayed with her at age 4 or 5 in Faith Temple Children’s Church. 

  

Kaity returned to work on Aug. 2. A good sense of humor helped in her recovery, she says. Her right wrist is 98% and her left is 75%, she feels.

  “I thank God and my village, for without them, I don’t know where I’d be,” Kaity says. On Oct. 7, she wrote on Facebook, “Today was my last day of physical therapy! I never truly thought I'd see the day, but it's here! I've been crying happy tears ever since I left the orthopedic doctor's office!” 

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