 Two days before I was supposed to go to boot camp I was on a changeable bridge My car had stalled out. I called my dad and As I was on the phone with him waiting for the tow truck to come truck was speeding and Crash right into me. I had a brain injury Also known as a subdural hematoma My whole left side of my skull was crushed They said I'll either be brain dead or blind But the nurses believed in me They would always try to lift my spirits up After like huge accidents people lose themselves But they made sure I stayed true to myself For me that meant dance and Those movements in that feeling pushed me forward. I truly believe that I'm still here for a reason And I knew that joining the Navy might allow me to find what that reason was So when the recruiter told me that they had hospital corpsmen I was like, I'll try it and Then from there I fell in love with it The hospital corps is literally one of the most important rates in the Navy This rate holds so much history we pride ourselves in excellence in caring for our fellow man Our brothers and sisters We can do anything and everything in the medical field We're doing minor procedures surgeries radiology pharmacy lab Seeing patients struggling at their lowest incidentally took me back to when I was in the hospital All of these things were put into place to help me pay it forward Give me a deep breath in Maybe really has given me purpose. I can utilize my experiences my struggles to inspire others and That gives me so much joy All right, continue the note So what is what is the note? So, right? What is s? What is subjective? Okay, we're not gonna be here forever Especially the first date a lot of this but the only way that we can grow from the negative That's how you want to splint it is if we pay it forward and make sure everything is good to go. Okay? We're the dudes being my conduct for some of these people It's up to us to to be able to take the knowledge. So when you do become that doc, right? That's title. That's earned. It's not really given to you That for me, that's like all I need is that hey I care for somebody when I think back of me being on that bridge. I Truly believe that even though it was a negative experience It helped me be a better person. I Took this dark time of my life Molded it and turned into light. My name is Dominic Velasquez. I'm a hospital foreman in United States Navy