Locked In: The Will To Survive And The Resolve To Live

  • Author: Victoria Arlen
  • Narrator: Victoria Arlen
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 5:04:36
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Synopsis

ESPN personality and Paralympics champion Victoria Arlen shares her courageous and miraculous story of recovery after falling into a mysterious vegetative state at age eleven and how she broke free, overcoming the odds and never giving up hope, eventually living a full and inspiring life.

When Victoria Arlen was eleven years old, she contracted two rare diseases simultaneously and fell into a mysterious vegetative state. For two years her mind was dark, but in the third year, her mind broke free, and she was able to think clearly and to hear and feel everything—but no one knew.

When she was fifteen years old, against all odds and medical predictions, she was finally able to communicate through eye blinks, and she gradually regained her ability to speak and eat and move her upper body, but she faced the devastating reality of paralysis from the waist down because of damage to her spine. However, Victoria didn’t lose her strength or steadfast determination, and two years later, she won a gold medal for swimming at the London 2012 Paralympics.

In Locked In, Victoria shares her never-before-published story—the pain, the struggle, the fight to live and thrive, and most importantly, the faith that carried her through. Her journey was not easy, but by believing in God’s healing power and forgiveness, she is living proof that, despite seemingly insurmountable odds and challenges, the will to survive and resolve to live can be a force stronger than our worst deterrents.

Not many people get a second chance at life like Victoria has, and she made a promise to God that she would make every moment count.

Chapters

  • LockedIn 001 Title

    Duration: 01min
  • LockedIn 002 Ch1

    Duration: 07min
  • LockedIn 003 Ch2

    Duration: 15min
  • LockedIn 004 Ch3

    Duration: 25min
  • LockedIn 005 Ch4

    Duration: 05min
  • LockedIn 006 Ch5

    Duration: 16min
  • LockedIn 007 Ch6

    Duration: 20min
  • LockedIn 008 Ch7

    Duration: 21min
  • LockedIn 009 Ch8

    Duration: 35min
  • LockedIn 010 Ch9

    Duration: 22min
  • LockedIn 011 Ch10

    Duration: 16min
  • LockedIn 012 Ch11

    Duration: 08min
  • LockedIn 013 Ch12

    Duration: 16min
  • LockedIn 014 Ch13

    Duration: 18min
  • LockedIn 015 Ch14

    Duration: 19min
  • LockedIn 016 Ch15

    Duration: 21min
  • LockedIn 017 Ch16

    Duration: 18min
  • LockedIn 018 Ch17

    Duration: 12min
  • LockedIn 019 SpecialThanks

    Duration: 46s
  • LockedIn 020 Credits

    Duration: 01min