Carol Seppilu describes jogging with a tracheotomy as “making an attempt to breathe by a straw whereas working.” She’s even dealt along with her trach freezing shut whereas working within the frigid winter temperatures in Nome, Alaska the place she lives. She’s discovered to adapt to challenges like this since surviving a suicide try in 1999. Following years of reconstructive surgical procedures, she now makes use of her Siberian Yupik cultural values and her love for working lengthy distances to maintain herself mentally wholesome.
Video by Valerie Kern and Adam Properly
Story by Valerie Kern
Music by Common Manufacturing Music
This episode is made potential partially by The Alaska Psychological Well being Belief Authority.
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