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It was summer 2014, the middle of the afternoon on a Saturday. A friend of mine, knowing that I am keen to the ingestion of nootropic [Enhances mental functions] substances,
I believe I was 16 years old (could have been 15, I can't exactly recall), and my best friend and I were riding my neighbors deceased husband's racehorses in their pasture.
My first memory is in the ER, laying on a gurney. My parents were standing on the side of the bed talking with doctors. They said for my parents to contact my children, it didn't look good.
I don’t really know where to start, so I will start at the beginning. An American-Greek family adopted me at the age of four. I was raised as an only child, so I never contemplated the possibility there was anyone alive who shared my DNA.
When I was 15, I was canoeing with a friend when the boat capsized. My legs were caught under the front seat, so I ended up head down in the water with the boat upside down on top of me.
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