Jamie Lynn SpearsThe eldest daughter, Maddie Watson, is speaking to her publicly Nearly fatal ATV accident This is the first time in eight years.
“I did have an accident, though. I fell into a coma, I was back in life, and I was lucky,” Maddie, 17, said on YouTube video Posted on Tuesday, August 12. “I just happen very easily. I swear my parents are great and they don’t do anything to me.”
Maddie, Spears’ daughter and ex-boyfriend Kathy AldridgeIn February 2017, when the vehicle was overturning into the pond, it was riding an ATV. Maddie was knocked down and stayed underwater for a few minutes. She was later airlifted to a local hospital in Louisiana for treatment. (Maddie lives in Louisiana with her mom Jamie Watson and her half-sister, Ivy. )
Maddie finally recovered after five days of hospitalization “Miracle” anniversary Her daughter recovers every year.
“I will never forget this because it was the day when my whole world stopped,” Spears wrote In an Instagram post in February 2020. “It starts like most Sundays, going to church, visiting family, suddenly trying to save my daughter’s life, taking her away, and convince us that we have lost her forever, it actually feels like the world is still standing by me.”
this Sweet Mulan The actress added: “I never talked about that day in full detail and what happened afterwards, but what I want to share is that God blesses us with a real miracle. Not only is McGrady with us, but she has fully recovered. I know many of you have prayed for us, so I will never let this day not let each of you thank you.
Maddie has never talked about the incident before her YouTube debut, and she recently started as a “record” [her] Senior high school.
“I feel like when I grow up, I look back, even my kids look back, they can understand how I looked when I was young and how I was in my senior year,” McGrady explained. “Why I started,” he said. [this account] It’s because that’s my senior year. ”
Spears praised Maddie’s vulnerability in sharing her story from her perspective.
“It should have been a fun way to document her senior year on @youtube, and now it has become a way for her to share less interesting parts of her life,” Spears wrote through Via Via. Instagram Wednesday, August 13. “You can work so hard and do the right thing, but no matter what path you take in life, you still face adversity. You can’t control what’s happening to you, but you can decide how you react to what’s happening.”
She continued: “I know that being a resilient person is one of the best qualities that human beings can have, but only other options can be resilient. It is necessary to trust God’s plan. I am proud of this child; she will never let anything or anyone sit down, or anyone sit down and share her journey and hope that others can inspire the life they want, and that they want the life they want.”

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