The son of our friend, dojo member and fellow Aikidoka, Robert Hegadus had a life changing accident in 2023.
His middle son Matyi (15) had a very serious accident and broke his spine caused by a 5-6 m fall. They were transported to Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool by the Wales Air Ambulance Service and he had an emergency surgery within 6 hours. The surgery was about 7 hours long and after that he spent 5 months in hospital.
His injury was so serious that he lost movement and feeling in his legs.
Thanks to his positive mind-set and determination his feelings are coming back and he started to lift his knees. He does everything in his power to stand up and walk again.
He is currently using a wheelchair and they are on several NHS waiting lists. (For a light weight wheelchair, NHS physiotherapy, standing frame) However his family would like to take him to private physiotherapy sessions and purchase some important specific equipment to enable his fullest recovery as soon as possible.
According to neuroscientists and physiotherapists, he needs an electric deep muscle stimulator ( FES Denervated Muscle, Complete System Stimulette Edition5 S2x ), therapy pool sessions and at least 6 hours physiotherapy per week.