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She determined as she lay in her bed in the UPMC Mercy intensive care unit that she would steer her recovery.That\u2019s exactly what she did.A long and difficult recovery process threw several obstacles at Franetti, including a case of post-traumatic stress disorder that required treatment. 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And as hard as the recovery process was, she knows her grit made it possible to get there.\u201cWhat I\u2019ve learned from this experience is that everybody has that inner drive if they just let it come,\u201d Franetti says. \u201cThey have to have a motivation to want to get better.\u201dfunction load_upmc_video_1_a4b30ijz(obj,autoplay){window[\"autoplay_1_a4b30ijz\"]=autoplay;let $this=$(obj),el=document.createElement(\"script\");$this.removeAttr(\"onmouseover\").removeAttr(\"onclick\").html(\"\");el.src=\"https:\/\/cdnapisec.kaltura.com\/p\/5687602\/embedPlaykitJs\/uiconf_id\/53926702\";document.body.appendChild(el);var waiting_1_a4b30ijz=setInterval(function(){if(window[\"KalturaPlayer\"] !== undefined){clearInterval(waiting_1_a4b30ijz);try{let kalturaPlayer=KalturaPlayer.setup({targetId:\"kaltura-video_1_a4b30ijz_6a12d733d5170\",provider:{partnerId:\"5687602\",uiConfId:\"53926702\"},playback:{autoplay:autoplay_1_a4b30ijz}});kalturaPlayer.loadMedia({entryId:\"1_a4b30ijz\"});}catch(e){console.error(e);}document.getElementById(\"kaltura-video_1_a4b30ijz_6a12d733d5170\").dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(\"videoLoad\",{bubbles:true,detail:{\"selector\":\"kaltura-video_1_a4b30ijz_6a12d733d5170\",\"account_id\":\"5687602\",\"player_id\":\"53926702\",\"video_id\":\"1_a4b30ijz\",\"autoplay\":\"autoplay_1_a4b30ijz\"}}));}},10);}Editor's Note: This article was originally published on September 5, 2019, and was last reviewed on May 19, 2022."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"2019","item":"https:\/\/share-dev.upmc.com\/2019\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"09","item":"https:\/\/share-dev.upmc.com\/2019\/\/09\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ryan Shazier\u2019s 50 Phenoms: Inside a Traumatic Injury","item":"https:\/\/share-dev.upmc.com\/2019\/09\/rs-paula-bonus-50ph\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]