He and the trust set up in his name are trying the raise the £180,000 he needs for a pair of state-of-the-art prosthetic legs with computerised joints that will transform his mobility. Alex manoeuvres round the pub in his wheelchair. So why is my meeting with Alex and Lucy, who endlessly josh and joke with each other, so filled with laughter? We are talking at the Greyhound, a spacious gastropub Lucy runs and co-owns in Stockbridge, Hampshire. Many, perhaps most, would have crumbled in the face of such adversity. A fit young man who loved the outdoor life had become utterly immobilised. But in the end, in the spring of 2014, the arm snapped and had to be amputated from the elbow. For months surgeons battled to save and rebuild Alex’s right arm – seen as crucial to leading any kind of independent life when he eventually got out of hospital. One day he had a cold 10 days later his legs had been amputated from the thighs his left arm had gone too his face was unrecognisable after surgery – so much so that his son Sam was too scared to come near him, let alone give him the kiss Alex craved. He recalls all this matter-of-factly and without a trace of self-pity. Surgery left Alex’s face so unrecognisable that his son Sam was scared to kiss him.
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