Paul Giunta And The Car Accident That Changed His Life

Tonight's episode of Extreme House Makeover certainly struck a chord with me as it was on Paul Giunta, whose story is that about two years ago he was involved in a horrible car accident that changed his and his family's life. The car that he was driving home in with his two sons after leaving the hospital where his wife had just given birth to a beautiful baby girl crashed and while his two sons thankfully avoided any fatal injuries, he was not so fortunate. Paul Giunta suffered horrific wounds from the car accident. What happened to him was that the injuries were so bad that the doctors believed that Paul Giunta would never ever walk again or do many things by himself. In effect, the Giunta family now had their head of household deemed injured badly enough to be thought a disabled. Paul's wife steadfastly refused to believe that and so did Paul. The latter wanted to regain his health and physical abilities and worked hard at it.

Fast forward two years after the car accident and Paul Giunta is now still suffering from disabilities but he can now walk, but still with some assistance. This is much better than the initial prognosis that had him not being able to move at all, much less walk. Paul Giunta still needs to move around in a wheelchair, and this is where Extreme House Makeover comes in. They heard the story of Paul Giunta and his family, and that Paul is currently living apart from his family because their own house is not accessible for the disabled. Basically it means that with Paul needing a wheelchair to move himself around, the house is not accessible to him. He currently lives with his parents and the family has to move constantly in between the two places to see each other and all that. So Extreme House Makeover will now build a fully disabled-abled house for Paul and his family. That was a fabulous touch and once again another tragic car accident in the news reminds me to be careful while driving my new car around. Paul Giunta's story could happen to anyone, in terms of the auto accident he unfortunately suffered, and we should all be mindful of how we drive and be safe to others and ourselves. There will always be unfortunate situations where there is no fault on you but someone else might crash their car into yours, of course, but we cannot control that so we should only worry about things that we can control, and that is to drive safely, and pray for Paul Giunta and his family that they will now be together happily and that Paul receives a full recovery from his injuries.