KIM5095

Sara and Liam are the parents of two beautiful little girls. There is Amy, she is three years old and Hannah turned 2 a week ago. The couple was not very interested in a strict life plan, like marriage first and then the kids. They already had both of them when they decided to finally marry. They seem to be a normal little family but that all was changed three months after their wonderful wedding. They spend their honeymoon on a beautiful hotel in Toscana with a big pool. It was already the last they before their holiday came to an end as Liam decided to go for a fast swim in the morning. He was completely in his thoughts when he jumped head first into that pool. Unfortunately for him, this has been the wrong side of the pool and the pool was only about one meter deep. As he jumped in, he crashed with his head on the base of the pool. He felt a crack in his neck and realized his whole body goes numb within a second. Every attempt to make a move or take a breath was useless. Suddenly everything went black. Next time he opens his eyes, every was very bright and loud. It looks like a hospital room, he can see two people talking above him but everything was blurry. He concentrates at the voices and slowly everything becomes clear and he can hear and see his wife Sara. „Oh baby your awake“ she said, quite exhausted with tears all over her face, she sit onto the chair beside him and just take his hand. He wants to turn his neck to her but realize he couldn’t and also everything feels weird and numb. His breathing he realized was different and not the achieve of his own, fear runs trough his thoughts. It was the young female doctor who brings him back to reality as she starts talking to him. „ Liam“ she says and she noticed a reaction on his face. „Be patient, everything is okay. We just brought you back from a coma you have been into for a while now. Can you blink for me one time for yes?“ In coma? Was it so bad? What had happened? Was it the jump into the water? He couldn’t really remember. He blinks one time. „great“ the doctor says. Sara wipes her tears away. The doctor gives Sara a look „Are your ready?“ and Sara nods. „Liam I am so sorry that I have to update you about this. I want you to remember you have a beautiful woman and as I can say two wonderful little girls on your side“ oh what the hell, what had happened? He thought. He blinks once. „When you were about to jump into that pool on your honeymoon, you hit the ground with your head, that leads to a break of your neck and your spinal cord. In medical therms you are now classified as C1 complete quadriplegic with ventilator dependence. That means you are paralyzed from the neck down, you won’t be able to move or feel anything below your chin. As you can see on your neck, here is a tube going into your throat. It’s connected to a ventilator that pushes air into your lungs since you won’t be able to do that on your own anymore.“ All of that happened 6 months ago, his thoughts drifting back to that time when suddenly the door of his hospital room opens and two nurse come in. „Hey Liam ready for leave and starting into your life again?“ one of them asked and smile. Liam only blinks. All he can do now is watching them as they make him ready. The nurses make him ready and start to put the sheet under him to transfer him to his wheelchair. One of the nurse brings the lift and they fix the slings of the sheet onto the lift. As they lift him up, Liam can see his legs just dangle lifeless in the air. His arms laying on his lap and he watches himself getting moved into the big wheelchair.Then he sits in his chair with his clothes on but the nurses weren’t finished yet. They put on a backbrace, handsplints and khafos to prevent his limbs from getting deformed. On top of that he has to wear a neckbrace, otherwise his head would just hang floppy on his neck and drop down. He also get his head strapped onto his wheelchair. His mouth and eyes are the only things he can move independently now. The nurse put the catheter tube that comes out of his belly between his legs and hangs the urine bag on the side of his chair. The door opens and there she was, the love of his life. The strong and beautiful woman that never left his side, without her he wouldn’t be able to even think about the future. „Hey Honey, ready to go home?“ she asked him. „I don’t…know if I am….ready for this?“. She gives him a kiss „don’t be silly, my mom is at our home with the kids. Don’t you think Anna and Hannah would be happy if daddy comes home“ he slightly smiles. „You’re right…I want to…see my little..girls“ and he controlled his wheelchair out of the room. They are moving to the van they bought, so Liam can fit in with his wheelchair. They drove half an hour till they arrived in front of their house. Liam is recognizing the sweat on his head and how scared he is about all of that. Coming home, to his now new life. Sara opens the door and he can drive out with the help of a little ramp. He drove to the door and was amazed about the entrance, there are no steps anymore, just a good way directly to the door so he can easily drive through. The door opens and he finally looked into the bright eyes of his little girls „daddy“ Amy yelled and headed to his chair and took her hand on his. How much does he missed that feeling of her hand. How much would he love to hold them both and run through the garden with them or draw something. He drives into the house, his mother in law is standing with Hanna on her arms, she was a bit shy. „Hello Liam, it’s great to see you home“ she says and gives him a kiss on the cheek. His wife comes in and lead him through the house and shows him everything they had made adapted for him to live a „normal“ life. He bursted into tears and says „honey you are…the rock in…my life. I love…you so much…and am so…grateful for you…and our girls“ she gets down to his face and smiling into his eyes. „Liam, you are the love of my life. I will do anything for you and our wonderful family. I know it will be hard and there will of course be darker times but I am thankful for every minute we have together babe. I love you“ she kisses him, what feels like an infinity. In the evening he was transferred into his bed and his girls watching while her mommy undressed daddy and put nicht shorts on him on. On his tablet he opens a child book and Sara put both girls to him in bed and he starts reading, of course very slow but the two little girls don’t mind. They are glad that daddy is home now. After a few minutes both of them fall asleep. Liam smiles slightly, he never thought to even get to that point again. Even with a ventilated and full paralyzed body he hopes to be the best father he can be for his little girls