Posted by Paul Gersbach - 17/11/13 After recently spending close to a week with Linden and Bri I am truly amazed by how far Linden has come. It was mid-March when I saw them last – the day Linden was allowed outside the hospital for the first time since the accident. At that time it was taking him about 5 minutes to stand up from sitting in a chair. The day I arrived on my recent visit we walked into Brisbane CBD and back, around 3km return, and just before we got home he asked “Do you want to go for a run?” and I agree and say “yes”. It turned out to be a couple of hundred metres uphill and to be honest, I had to put the hammer down to keep up with him - this is Brisbane on a 30 degree day where the humidity is quite a bit higher than home, not forgetting he is wearing a pressure suit covering basically all of his body. While it was a day off any rehab, physio, gym and OT appointments there was no day off for him. It was truly inspiring to see him continue to do his exercises, stretches, splints etc and to see what he goes through with little or no complaint. One day I went along with Linden to his gym session, which lasted close to 2 ½hrs. While there I chatted to his gym therapist and she said something similar to “I wish all our patients did their exercises with as much determination as what Linden does. He puts in so much effort!” I had a go at a few of the exercises he had been doing and they were no ‘walk in the park’. While the above makes Linden sound like a supreme athlete, he is!! especially when you consider how far he has come in nearly 10 months of hard work. I’m certain we are all looking forward to when the HO (calcium growth) in his elbows and knees is removed and he can regain movement in his elbows and increase movement in his knees. Please remember to keep Linden, Bri and their families in your thoughts and prayers and also to support them with friendship and financially as well. Linden and Bri, I’m looking forward to catching up and spending more time with you both soon.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 01:19:53 +0000
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