Hand hold and time filling needed

[Borderscotch]

Name changed as very obvious.

DH was knocked off his motorbike yesterday, was airlifted to a major trauma unit. His leg is smashed to pieces. He's in theatre now and will be for about 6 hrs. He started a new job last week which I think he'll loose. We have two kids.

Sat in hospital waiting.

I am so sorry to hear that Borderscotch. It must be a really nasty break.

Hopefully work will still be understanding, sending you best wishes

A year! Oh that's terrible. What have his workplace said?

newidentiy it is, his thigh is rodded, that's bad but not terrible, both his tib and fib were shattered and open fractures, his heel bones and two parts of the ankle was shattered too.

hollowtalk they are being amazing. We are very lucky.

Just sat and reread this.
Well 15 weeks on and he's progress is slow but there. He can now 50% weight bear. His work did let him go after about 12 weeks but gave me enough time to get things together. Now negotiating the world of benefits. The aim is still to have him walking unaided at the year point and getting 75% use back.

Looking forward to Christmas and will be thanking my lucky stars he is with us.

God bless you and your family this Christmas time
[santa]

For my own therapeutic reasons thought I'd revisit this as its been almost a year. DH still off work and in a lot of pain. Facing 2 or 3 surgeries and another 18mth/2yrs recovery. Still negotiating the benefits system which has been beyond a joke. It's been a long journey, that's not done yet, but still feel grateful (if not a little worn out!)

Oh my goodness
I’m so sorry to hear this
You think you break a bone
It heals
The end
I’m so sorry it hasn’t been like that for him
What a long time and. I do hope that you get there eventually

How is he in all of this
I should imagine the pain drives him nuts

Thanks Dowser he's struggling to be honest, he was a workaholic prior to all this. The pain gest him down, he's been diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome too. Unfortunately the breaks were very very severe, hence the lasting issues (which should be at least improved a bit by further surgery). The police did tell me they were life changing injuries but I guess the words don't really mean much until you live them, and to be honest at that point I was just very grateful he was alive.

Thank you for coming back and updating. What a terrible time you have had. I really hope things improve for you all over the next 12 months.

Dear Borderscoth

I am so sorry for what you and your family are going through. My husband had a brain tumor and major surgery a couple of years ago and I sat in the waiting room for 7 hours I can fully understand your anguish. Get someone to stay with you and eat and stay hydrated. Stay calm and positive. Lean on everyone they are there for you. When you see him smile and say everything's going to be ok.

All my prayers and love x

BABSYA thank you so much for your kind words. I was updating an old thread of mine, his initial accident was a year ago. I hope your husband is well.