My b/f has a paralyzed arm from a dirt bike wreck. How can I help him not to get

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down about it? Last fall, my boyfriend David went to stay with his dad for a couple weeks. He went out riding on his dirt bike late at night, as stuiped as it was, then he wrecked. He hit a tree.I was devestated. He had stitches all down his leg, his neck was broken, and his right arm was paralyzed. He recovered from all of his injuries but his arm. The doctors don't know if he'll ever be able to use his arm again. I kills me to see how bad it hurts him emotionally. Does anyone have any advice for what I could do to help him Not get so depressed?
 
Well due to a skiing accident I'm paralized from the waist down, so I have to use a wheelchair. Its natural to be down and depressed about it at first, but what I realized is what I'm still physically able to do, which is a lot of things really (albiet different) and the other thing is (and I realized this on my own) that there is people waaaay worse off than I am.

Case and point - I was in rehab feeling down on myself for being a paraplegic, but I saw a boy about ten years old that needed to use a pencil to operate the elevator (he was a quadraplegic) and I thought to myself what am I whining about, this kid would kill to be able to use his full upper body like I have. That moment was a real eye opener for me and it made me realize that, yes its a bad situation, but I should be thankful that I'm still alive and that I can work with what I have.
 
Give him a lot of head and encourage him to push your head down with his good arm!
 
You have to show him how good his life is, even with the paralyzed arm he can do so much stuff that he use to, I would imagine.
 
I am going through the same thing with my husband, have him go to physical therapy for the arm it really will help. Doctors don't know everything. The body is amazing how it heals itself.

Keep him positive by reminding him that it could have been so much worse. And it could have been. Remember though what he is going through is not easy.
 
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