Healing Dai

Hi, my name is David, but my friends and family call me Dai.

10 days ago, I was crushed by the engine of my van after colliding with a lorry. It took emergency services over two hours to cut me free before I was rushed to Addenbrookes Hospital with two fractured hips, five compound fractures in my legs, multiple broken ribs, and a lacerated spleen and liver. The police blue-lighted my family to the hospital as they feared I wouldn’t make it.

After over 30 hours of surgery, I’m somehow still here. It’s a miracle I survived.

I’ve worked as a driver for the British Heart Foundation for 18+ years. But with a long and difficult road to recovery ahead – including learning to walk again – I won’t be able to work for the foreseeable future. My family have set up a GoFundMe to help support me while I recover.

Before my accident I lived on a River Boat. I love the boat and the freedom on being on the River. The likelihood of my boat being equipped for me when I am discharged from hospital is very unlikely so my family are trying to sell it.

I am a driver by trade, and a writer by heart and soul. My goal is to use this time to share my writing with the world and find a new way forward, using my brain instead of my body.

Right now, I’m unable to share this story myself, so my niece is sharing it on my behalf – until I’m strong enough to do so.

Please support me by donating, sharing, and following my journey. Your support means more than you know.

More information on Ice Bath Fundraiser at Polarity Wellbeing Centre Coming Soon. We will also be planning a summer Fundraiser in St Ives, Cambs where David lives.

https://gofund.me/1ff58715

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