PLEASE HELP DAVID AFTER  DEVASTATING HIT & RUN

HI MY NAME IS DEBBIE.

ON 13 NOVEMBER 2022 , AFTER AN EVENING AT A CONCERT IN BIRMINGHAM, OUR 31 YEAR OLD SON, DAVID, WAS RETURNING HOME WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A SPEEDING CAR ON A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AND THROWN 40 YARDS AND LEFT FOR DEAD! HE HAD BEEN CARRIED ON THE VEHICLE BONNET THAT STRUCK HIM, HIS BODY HAD GONE THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN, & BEEN SHUNTED ABOUT TO SHAKE HIM OFF & LEFT IN THE CARRIAGEWAY! 

AMAZINGLY A PASSING EMPTY AMBULANCE RUSHED DAVID TO BIRMINGHAM QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION.

POLICE ARRIVED AT OUR HOME AT 4 AM AND WE WERE RUSHED TO THE Q.E. HOSPITAL. HE HAD SUSTAINED LIFE CHANGING INJURIES. HE ARRIVED WITH A GLASGOW COMA SCALE OF JUST 3 & WAS IN AN UNRESPONSIVE STATE, REMAINING IN A COMA FOR 11 WEEKS.

HIS EXTENSIVE INJURIES INCLUDED A TBI - TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (LIKENED TO THAT OF SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME), 9 BROKEN RIBS, PUNCTURED LUNGS, BROKEN LEFT ARM, SHATTERED LEFT LEG , TWO FRACTURES TO HIS SPINE & CUTS AND LACERATIONS ALL OVER HIS BODY. 

WE VISITED DAILY, SOON REALISING THE IMPACT THIS WAS TO HAVE ON HIS AND HIS FAMILY’S LIVES FOREVER.

WE WENT THROUGH CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR IN A DAZE, VISITING ON A ROTA BASIS AS ONLY TWO PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED AT HIS BEDSIDE, SEEING HIM IN A COMA AND WATCHING HIS BODY SHAKE, SWEAT & NEURO STORM.

EVENTUALLY HE WAS MOVED TO MOSELEY HALL HOSPITAL ON THE MOOR GREEN BRAIN TRAUMA UNIT FOR REHABILITATION AND TO LEARN TO EAT, SPEAK AND COMMUNICATE WITH US.

WITH BOTH LEGS AND HIS LEFT ARM SEVERELY INJURED, HE REMAINS BED BOUND WITH VERY LIMITED MOBILITY, DEPENDANT ON THE CARE OF THE AMAZING NURSES WHO WASH, FEED AND CHANGE HIM ETC.. 

NEARLY 12 MONTHS ON, DAVID STILL NEEDS ONE TO ONE CARE, INTENSIVE PHYSIO & MORE REHAB - MORE PHYSIO THAN THE NHS CAN OFFER. HIS LEGS STILL REQUIRE SURGERY AND UNTIL THEN THE PHYSIO’S CANNOT WORK ON HIM FULLY .

DAVID IS AN IDENTICAL TWIN & AN OLDER BROTHER & STEP BROTHER. 

HE IS ALSO A DAD TO HIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE DAUGHTER AND PLAYED AN ACTIVE PART IN HER LIFE & UPBRINGING. SADLY IT IS UNLIKELY HE WILL ABLE TO CO-PARENT HER IN THE FUTURE.

A LOCAL STREETLY LAD, DAVID WAS ALWAYS ACTIVE, A KEEN ATHLETE, GYM GOER,AND HAD RUN THE BIRMINGHAM HALF MARATHON, WALKED HADRIANS WALL - ALL AS FUNDRAISERS FOR ATAXIA & CANCER RESEARCH. HE WAS VERY KEEN ON TAE KWON DO AND HAD ALSO WHITE COLLAR BOXED TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY.

HE HELD 2 DEGREES & A RESPONSIBLE POSITION IN HIS JOB ROLE/CAREER, WHICH HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN TO.

DAVID WAS ALWAYS A THOUGHTFUL FRIEND, SON, BROTHER, FATHER and GRANDSON,, A KIND & CARING PERSON WHO WAS A ROCK IN THE FAMILY & ALWAYS THERE FOR ALL OF US. IRONICALLY HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SET UP A FUNDRAISER TO HELP OTHERS IN NEED.

 

WE ARE NOW HAVING TO SOURCE A NEURO-REHAB UNIT FOR DAVID, AS THE NHS HAVE NO FUNDS TO CONTINUE HIS THERAPY. WE ALSO NEED TO ADAPT OUR FAMILY HOME TO PROVIDE HIM WITH SUCH FACILITIES AS A DOWNSTAIRS ACCESSIBLE BEDROOM AND ENSUITE WET-ROOM COMPLETE WITH HOIST, SO THAT ONCE HIS REHAB IS COMPLETE, WE CAN BRING HIM HOME AND CARE FOR BY HIM OURSELVES. UNTIL WE DO THIS, HE CANT COME HOME. HE NEEDS TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY.

ANY KIND DONATIONS THAT CAN HELP US ACHIEVE THIS WOULD BE AMAZING.

ALL FUNDS WILL GO TOWARDS DAVID’S REHAB NEEDS AND ANYTHING TO IMPROVE HIS QUALITY OF LIFE . HIS LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN BUT WE WILL ALWAYS STRIVE TO MAKE IT AS COMFORTABLE AND PAIN FREE AS POSSIBLE FOR HIM. WE LOVE HIM DEARLY.....

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME READING THIS AND WE ARE SINCERELY THANKFUL FOR ANY DONATION.

TWINS - DAVID & TOM