A 17-year-old boy was having a good time with his two dogs Hugo and Charlie when an unfortunate incident happened, which left him paralyzed from the neck down.

Harvey Leyland, from Wigan, was playing with his dogs and one of the dogs started to drag a cushion off the couch which caused Harvey to land head-first on the tiled floor.

His spinal cord crushed with the weight of his body. He was an active young boy who was a horse rider, but now he is restricted to a wheelchair that he must operate with his chin.

His mom, Angela said: “I was out at the time it happened, I remember getting a call from my partner who told me to come home.”

“As soon as I learned what happened I rushed to the hospital.”

“When I arrived I collapsed in the corridor, I couldn’t believe what was happening. My mind was racing.”

“I still feel like I’m in limbo.”

“To see your child go from running around and being active to this is heartbreaking.”

“Harvey just wants to come home and I’m desperate to make that happen. I just want my son back.”

Angela’s partner Philip called an ambulance and he was hurried to the hospital. After spending four days in a coma at Wigan’s Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, he was transferred to Salford Royal Hospital. He couldn’t speak, eat, or drink for weeks.

Angela continued: “I remember the first time he spoke to us after the accident.

“Nurses removed his tube and he said hello to the whole family.”

“I broke down in tears of joy.”

“I thought he would start improving in other areas too, that everything would go back to normal.”

“So to be told that he would be paralyzed for life was another blow.”

“I thought we were going to lose him.”

“It was the worst feeling, I was terrified.”

“Because of his wheelchair, he’d be trapped in his bedroom completely.

“I can’t let that happen to him. He’s only 17, it’s not fair on him.

“We didn’t know something like this was going to happen, so we haven’t got the savings to make the changes. He’s only 17 and because this kind of injury is rare for someone so young, he’d be in a home with older people.

“He needs people his own age – he needs his family around him. Knowing that he might not be able to come home is having a negative effect on his mental health.

“He’s a mommy’s boy, he’s more like a 14-year-old at heart and he just wants to come home.

“It’s amazing the help we’ve received. But we still have a long way to go.”

 

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