Tom: You ever have one of those days where you're just 1, doing something totally ordinary, and then---bam!---the universe throws you a 2? That's exactly what happened to Fran Gretski on a warm Texas evening.
April: Honestly, I can't get over how 3 her story is. Imagine 4 your flower garden, minding your own business, and suddenly you feel this 5 hit to your neck---like someone swung a bat at you 6.
Tom: And what's 7 is, she didn't even realize at first what had happened. I mean, she probably thought a neighborhood kid's baseball 8 her in the back of the neck? But then she reaches up---and it's an arrow. Actually 9 in her neck!
April: It would certainly 10. Fran held on to the arrow, 11 inside, and screamed for her husband. I'd probably be in total shock, trying to make sense of how something that 12 even happened.
Tom: And let's not forget, the arrow wasn't even 13 for her. It came from this guy practicing archery, thought he was aiming away from houses, but the arrow somehow 14 like in some 15 trick shot, over fences and through trees, right into Fran's neck.
April: What really 16 is how close she came to disaster. 17 rush in, then it's a helicopter ride to Amarillo. The whole time, Fran's trying to keep it together with an arrow 18 of her neck.
Tom: And when she gets to the hospital, the doctors are 19. But then, during the CT scan, they realize something nearly 20---the arrow somehow 21 right between her carotid artery and jugular vein. Didn't hit either one!
April: That detail 22 every time. It's like 23, but with someone's life 24. Plus, since the arrow was a practice tip and not a hunting one, it didn't rip through her blood 25. If it'd been a real hunting arrow, this would've ended so differently.
Tom: I know, right? The 26 of surviving something like that are tiny. And the way the doctors kept saying how lucky she was---you can just imagine their 27. But here's where things get even stranger... So after the surgery, just when Fran thinks 28, the doctors discover something unexpected on the CT scan---a brain tumor, completely 29 to the arrow. Talk about a 30.
April: It's 31 how life works sometimes. If not for that accident, her tumor wouldn't have been found until it was too late. It was 32 toward the midline of her brain, about to cause a 33 stroke. That arrow, which should've ended her life, actually saved it.
Tom: Yeah, and even after she 34 from brain surgery, two years go by and---surprise---another routine scan finds a blistering aneurysm in her brain, just waiting to 35. Most people never get that warning.
April: That's what 36---if not for one freak accident with a 37 arrow, both those 38 might've 39 without anyone knowing. It's one of those stories you almost wouldn't believe if you saw it in a movie.
Tom: It really makes you 40 how we label things as 'bad luck.' Fran went from a terrifying, almost 41 accident to having her life saved twice---all because of that arrow.
April: And the best part is, she came out 42 with a new 43. It's a reminder that sometimes, what seems like 44 is actually a 45 blessing. I kind of love those stories that 46 your 47 like that.
Tom: Yeah, next time something totally unexpected happens, maybe there's a 48 hiding in there somewhere. Fran's story is like a real-life version of the old saying---sometimes, life's worst moments turn out to be the very best things that could've happened.