Woman who thought her new love interest was ghosting her finds out he was hit by a car in a horrific accident that left him in a coma

A California couple is making the most of their lives after a horrific accident nearly ended their chances of being together.

Cody Bryant and Haley Woloshen met in Hawaii in 2022. They immediately bonded after discovering they lived just a mile apart in Los Angeles.

The duo spent several weeks together before Bryant suddenly stopped responding to Woloshen’s messages, leading her to believe he had “ghosted” her.

However, the reality could not be more different: Bryant had been hit by a car while riding a moped in Ibiza and had suffered significant injuries that left him in a coma.

Woloshen made the terrifying discovery after stumbling upon one GoFundMe campaign launched by Bryant’s friends and family to offset the costs of his medical bills.

Cody Bryant and Haley Woloshen immediately bonded during a 2022 trip to Hawaii, but Woloshen became concerned when Bryant stopped responding to her messages

She later learned that her loved one had been hit by a car while riding a moped in Ibiza and suffered significant injuries that left him in a coma.

After months of grueling rehabilitation, the couple reunited. However, Woloshen soon learned that Bryant had a traumatic brain injury and that he had no memory of their time together.

‘Neither of us expected it, but the feelings started to build. I joke she won me over for the second time,” Bryant wrote in an Instagram post.

He was eventually allowed to return to the Hermosa Beach home he shared with his three roommates, all the while undergoing physical, occupational and speech therapy.

The accident left him with hemiplegia, or partial paralysis, causing doctors to fear he would never walk again.

However, Bryant was determined to beat the odds. In March, he and Woloshen attended a wedding in Guatemala, and Bryant wanted to check off a goal on his bucket list: summiting Acetenango Volcano.

“Before my accident I did a lot of big name tours around the world, but unfortunately I thought I would never be able to do it again,” Cody explained.

‘I still have difficulty with balance and muscle coordination, so descending on slippery, steep, uneven surfaces resulted in many slips and falls. Fortunately, Haley’s cheerleading skills came in handy to minimize the impact.”

The pair reconnected as Bryant continued to undergo the grueling therapy

Doctors feared he would never walk again, but Bryant fought against the odds and managed to complete a volcano hike that was on his bucket list.

Bryant used a cane and two therapy braces, combined with regular breaks. When he reached base camp, he and Woloshen watched as smoke poured from the volcano’s mouth, and the fruits of his labor became immediately apparent.

“Every step was a victory, and reaching the top meant more than I can put into words,” Bryant wrote in a GoFundMe update. ‘I am determined to continue climbing mountains like this (literally and figuratively) during my recovery.’

With the big steps have come even bigger challenges, which Bryant detailed in an April update.

“My positivity has gotten me so far and I don’t want to lose that, but I’m going to be more transparent about the invisible difficulties,” he wrote.

‘The sentence ‘I wish I had missing limbs instead of injured brains’ has appeared more than once in my diary. Consciously going crazy is terrible.’

Bryant has retained most of his long-term memories, but recent years have been marked by gaps. He has no memory of the fateful trip through Europe that left him in a coma, nor of the year that followed.

“My brain doesn’t store automatically anymore, so I use notes for everything,” he explained. ‘My attention is fleeting, so I often lose track of what I’m doing. I rely strictly on the clock because my innate sense of time is quite poor.’

Woloshen only discovered the harrowing truth after stumbling across a GoFundMe page

The couple has continued to rebuild their life together, with Woloshen by Bryant’s side every step of his recovery.

Woloshen soon discovered that the accident left Bryant with no memory of the first time they met

Frustration with his persistent brain fog often manifests in his motor skills, Bryant explained.

‘My foot starts to drag, my toes curl, my hand trembles or I lean to the side. I can sometimes get so brain-fried that I become illogical and have difficulty connecting cause to effect. Brain damage will continue to affect me throughout my life.’

He continues to focus on his recovery through psychotherapy, memory exercises, meditation and other treatments.

Goals on the horizon include learning to write, run and swim again. Most of all, Bryant refuses to give up hope.

“I have always believed that a person’s mentality is so powerful and my recovery has reinforced that belief,” he said.

The GoFundMe campaign has raised over $150,000 of its $200,000 goal.