Help to get Bobby home after tragic accident

Dear friends and family,

As you may be aware on the 12th of December our just turned 14 year old son Bobby, had a horrific freak accident with an air rifle, we have been by his bedside for the last 20 days and will be here untill we are able to bring him home.

The pellet entered through his head then broke into 3 segments, 1 passing his right optic nerve, the second lodging into the centre of his brain and the 3rd narrowly missing the control part for all his motor functions.

This resulted in him needing to have emergency surgery to save his life. The surgeons advised that he was very lucky as the fragments of the pellet missed his main brain blood capillary by a hair's width.

The damage this has caused is sight loss to his right eye, which we are waiting for MRI results to tell us if it is permanent. He also lost use of his left leg, but Christmas day brought us great joy when he moved his hip and thigh.

The neurosurgeon has advised that this is something that should improve with physiotherapy but they will only be able to tell as they assess him in future and as the trauma to his brain subsides.

He is going to require intensive physiotherapy in the meantime and modifications to the house for him to be able to come back to our family home, so we may have some sort of normality again.

As you can imagine, something happening to their child is a parent’s worst nightmare, but we have been comforted by everyone’s kind words and support that have been offered since it happened.

However, as we look to the future, something that in the days after the accident we didn't think we would have, we have been told that there will be needs for modifications and specialist equipment put into the house for Bobby to be able to come home and be supported going forward.

The financial burden alone for all this is totally overwhelming to us as a family and any contribution however big or small will go some way to making a massive difference.

We appreciate any sort of help and support in this challenging time and wish to thank everyone for your kind wishes and support.

Love Ian, Emma, Bobby, and Maisy