Alex will walk again

You have to admit there isn’t a better looking all round great guy, that you could give your money to! and my little puppy is waiting for me to walk him..

Once out of intensive care, i spent 2 days in an high dependant ward, then straight down to rehab.. to start the recovery through physio and O.T, i was assigned to Stephanie Godsea who for 2 months introduced me to the world of physio and sent me on the long road to recovery, but being so far away from home started to take its toll on me.. so as soon as i was medically fit to travel i asked to come home.

i flew home on the 1st March 2007 to the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital situated about 2 miles from Stoke Mandeville Hospital, when i came to this hospital, i had a small pressure sore on my cocyx. This meant for the first few weeks i was on bed rest, once i recovered from this, i start with 5 hrs physio a day, this enabled me to get a kick start with my recovery. This also included hydrotherapy 2-3 times a week, but like all things i couldn’t stay there, i was discharged on the 20th June 2007. Now i’m home i struggle to get 2-3hrs a week. Besides this.. when i was admitted to the Royal bucks, i was told point blank that “i would never walk again…”not very good news! on my discharge i was told “i would never even be able to roll in bed” not too good either! and “i should go home and get on with my life.. being dependent on a 24hr carer for the rest of my life.. all good news for me…. I’m classed as a tetraplegic, (or quadriplegic in America). Tetraplegic incomplete, if you see the link it will show what I’m “meant” to be like.. but meeting me you will see a completely different story, i can roll in bed unaided! i can sit on the edge of my bed using back trunk, side and stomach muscles, all of these should not work, i am currently working on self transfers from chair to bed and vis versa, i can with my physio but I’m still working on my balance while moving.. but i will do it! while standing i can ”flick” my rectus fem muscles in my quad’s (voluntarily) these are your walking muscles, and as again recovery stops when the money does.. physio is really expensive - but a working muscle can be built up and made stronger, through hard work and determination (and money) i will walk again.