It’s been 21 days since Amy Van Dyken-Rouen was injured in an ATV accident that severed her spine and left her partially paralyzed. But the Olympic swimmer continues to display an amazing spirit in her recovery. She gave a behind-the-scenes look at the TODAY Show’s Matt Lauer about keeping up a positive attitude and how she’s tackling her rehabilitation.
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Van Dyken-Rouen also spoke, along with her husband, about the night of the accident — something she says she doesn’t remember. “There’s no time for that,” she said, when asked if she does any ‘what-ifs’. “What if is done and over with. Poor me is done and over with. The what-ifs didn’t happen, this is what happened.”
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Van Dyken-Rouen is rehabilitating at Craig Hospital in Denver.
