drooby

for those who are friends and acquaintances of drooby and have still not heard or were wanting an update on his situation, i'll lay it out for you.

last saturday night he, and some friends, broke into a public pool. drooby dived in without realising how shallow it was and broke a few bones in his back and completely messed with his spinal cord. he also took in alot of water and as the result of that, has pneumonia.

he is currently at the prince of wales hospital in randwick, and the last time i saw him (tuesday i think?) he was still in the intensive care unit. he went under the knife where they took out the broken shards of bone in his back and grafted some bone from his hip into his neck, also putting a metal bar in his neck to allow for support. when i went to see him, he was awake and had just had the tubes pulled out of his face, which he was very happy about. he showed me he could move his arms and said he could slightly feel movement in his legs which is an amazingly optimistic sign just two days after an accident like that! he looks hopeful, and i think that if you know him, you'd know that if anyone could work themselves out of this, it would be drooby.

he is doing physio to treat the pneumonia and is to be out of ICU when that happens (he may have already been moved to his own private room) so i suggest that if you have the time, go and visit him! take photos or cards or letters or anything that just shows that you love him.

if you have any questions, let me know.