A 25-year-old football player is learning how to walk again after an accident during a camping trip with friends and family left him paralysed.
Josh Davis severely injured his spinal cord on January 5 after he fell into the shallow section of a river near Corowa, at the NSW and Victoria boarder.
At the time, Mr Davis was holidaying with his family and the parents of Patrick Cronin, a close friend who was killed by a coward punch during a fight in 2016, according to The Herald Sun.
Josh Davis, 25, severely injured his spinal cord on January 5 after he fell into the shallow section of a river near Corowa, at the NSW and Victoria boarder
The 25-year-old football player (pictured with his girlfriend and family) was holidaying with friends and family at the time of the accident
The electrician was airlifted to Alfred Hospital in Melbourne where he underwent two emergency surgeries to help relieve the pressure on his spinal cord and remove damaged vertebras (pictured before the accident)
The electrician was airlifted to Alfred Hospital in Melbourne where he underwent two emergency surgeries to help relieve the pressure on his spinal cord and remove damaged vertebras, his girlfriend Jade Staniforth wrote on a fundraising page.
‘Josh is now in the spinal clinic at the Austin Hospital and his road to recovery is long and hard,’ she said.
‘Without the use of his limbs, he has to learn to live all over again. A task, that may seem daunting to most, Josh is determined to overcome this challenge, one day at a time.
Mr Davis was holidaying with his family and the parents of Patrick Cronin (pictured), a close friend who was killed by a coward punch during a fight in 2016
Ms Staniforth said Mr Davis (pictured holding hands) is unable to speak due to a tracheostomy, but she hopes it will be taken out soon so he can communicate
Ms Staniforth said Mr Davis is unable to speak due to a tracheostomy, but she hopes it will be taken out soon so he can communicate.
‘He’s become good at lip-reading. I talk to him … I can tell in his eyes,’ she said.
Doctors said they would have a ‘better idea of where he’s at’ over the next three to six months, Mr Davis’ father Jeff told The Herald Sun.
‘He is still paralysed from the shoulders down,’ Jeff Davis said.
The family is asking for donations to help pay for the 25-year-old’s mounting medical and rehabilitation bills.
Doctors said they would have a ‘better idea of where he’s at’ over the next three to six months, Mr Davis’ (centre) father Jeff said