By the time he really started abusing me, I was already pregnant with our daughter.

Her heart rate dropped from 138 to the 90s and her arm began to jerk.

She was rushed back for a head CT.

The CT tech said something like, holy crap, when her scans came up because her scans indicated that she had multiple areas

of brain damage. She would never walk, talk, or see if she survived. And the only other

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I have a lot of experience talking with victims and just really trying to help them.

I tell you, just working in law enforcement, I got to meet a lot of the nurses, right?

We'd obviously have to go in for blood draws for DUIs, but when there was sexual assault cases and we had to,

you know, take a perk kit up there or recover one. You can explain more about this. Are you

specially trained versus like a regular nurse? Because I know that in the jurisdiction that I work,

they had to have their name certified to the circuit court with whatever jurisdiction that is.

Can you explain that a little bit?

Yeah.

So here where I am and I'm located in Arizona, a forensic nurse is a registered nurse.

And I think it's pretty consistent throughout all the states.

Don't quote me, because I only know Arizona.

But it's a registered nurse who receives specific training and

education that we use to provide specialized care for victims of crime. For me and my role as a

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