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    Natural Born Bushcrafter saxonaxe's Avatar
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    A toast..

    Less than 2 weeks ago my son (45) had a motorbike accident. 7 broken ribs, punctured lung, badly broken shoulder and heart malfunction caused by impact with the Armco central barrier. Thanks to our much maligned National Health service and all the folk that work within it, tonight he's home. Immobile, on pain killers and looking at a lot of physio but still here. So hats off to the NHS and Medics everywhere..

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    Ditto......apparently the NHS is rubbish...still manage to bring many folks back from the brink of death. Glad your lads on the mend
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    They put me back together after I broke my arm in 3 places after a 30mph accident on a mountain bike decent in Wales. They looked after the delivery of my two children, and made my mums passing as comfortable as possible. I have the utmost respect for the NHS staff at all levels!

    Fingers crossed your son makes a full recovery.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stamp View Post
    I have the utmost respect for the NHS staff at all levels!
    Ditto...its a thankless task that very often breaks the staff as well. Mrs Sapper was a Nurse for 27 years
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    Utmost respect for them all. I'm still going after my bike crash and the boy is still breathing after a few goes at pneumonia.

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    , hope a full recovery is made..........................
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    Nice post, makes people think...thanks for sharing
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    Indeed. They get a lot of bad press but as others have said they do wonderful jobs.

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    Thank you for sharing this with us - what a tough time you are all going through. Sending your son healing thoughts and wishing him a speedy recovery x
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    Appears you and yours have been through the mill recently.
    I hope your son makes a full recovery, in time.
    Respect for the much maligned NHS.
    Take care.

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