In the early days being a physio with Intensive Care experience helped me feel at home at the hospital. I knew the health lingo and understood how it all worked, which was sometimes good and bad.
The love Garth has for his family made him determined to get cracking as quickly as possible. ‘I don’t have a choice, I have two little girls, and I’m not wallowing or giving up.’
When he came home from the hospital, I went back to work three days a week. I don’t know how we would have survived without our Support Workers, as before Garth had his prosthetics, we all needed more help. Our Support Workers took over some of that role from me, and I think that was nice for Garth as well.
They supported our daughters and helped our family where we needed it. We’ve had both of our Support Workers right from the beginning, helping us all the way through, and we trust them with our family. We also couldn’t have done it without our own family and friends who have been with us the whole way.
Garth is just a normal Dad but also a superhero in the eyes of his daughters – they don’t see disability as a barrier at all. He loves nothing more than doing the normal running around for our kids… so much so that 18 months ago, we had another one!
“He set his sights on running blades, then driving, and now learning golf. He doesn’t see limitations and always says ‘I can’t do that yet.’”
Member Garth at International Day of People with Disability Round Table Talk
“It’s just been this gradual journey, week by week. I had to learn how to feed myself again, I had to learn how to put a shirt on again, I had to learn how to balance. Just little things like picking up keys or a coin, or feeding yourself and making a cup of tea, just simple things.”
