Final fall, Thalita Teixeira Padilla was struck by lightning whereas strolling her canine. After greater than a yr spent in hospitals, she is getting again to her life — and appears like she’s been “born once more.”
Padilla — who was struck on a Boston seashore, thrown into the air and aided by a nurse dwelling close by on Sept. 9, 2023 — was discharged from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on Thursday, Sept. 19, based on ABC 10.
Previously a nurse herself, Padilla was first admitted to Boston Medical Heart in crucial situation — she suffered burns, nerve harm and an damage to her spinal wire — and spent a number of weeks on the “fringe of life,” a hospital official beforehand instructed ABC 10.
“I used to be crying a lot as a result of I do not need to lose my daughter, however she is powerful,” Padilla’s mom, Marcia Teixeira, recalled to the Boston outlet.
In October, Padilla was later transferred to Spaulding, the place she continued her restoration — and slowly discovered to stroll once more.
“It was wonderful to observe, she was unimaginable to work with,” Norah Sweeney, a bodily therapist at Spaulding, instructed ABC 10, including that Padilla “works actually arduous.”
“She was not capable of stroll independently when she got here from in-patient and now she is out strolling, going locations by herself,” Sweeney added.
Padilla’s restoration reached a turning level about two months in the past, she instructed ABC 10, when hastily she “began to really feel much less ache” in her physique.
“One thing went off like a lightbulb in my head,” she stated of the second.
By no means miss a narrative — join PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to remain up-to-date on the very best of what PEOPLE has to supply, from celeb information to driving human curiosity tales.
Now experiencing much less ache and capable of transfer with the assistance of a walker, Padilla was discharged on Thursday, and instructed ABC 10 she hopes to return to work as quickly as attainable.
“I’m beginning to consider the longer term for the primary time on this complete yr, and it appears very new nonetheless,” stated the previous nurse, who plans to maneuver to Connecticut.
“It appears like I used to be born once more, it appears like beginning a complete new life,” she added.
Padilla’s canine, Bruce, in the meantime, went lacking after she was struck final fall, however was later discovered and returned to her household.