Injured motorcyclist is making miracle recovery
A CAMPILE man who suffered life threatening injuries in a motorcycle accident last month, has made a remarkable recovery and is due to return home in June.
Father-of-two Robin (Rob) Lambert, 32, suffered three heart attacks on Wednesday, April 19, after he fell from his bike at around 5 p.m., breaking his pelvis, right shoulder, arm and injuring his right lung.
Rob was on the way Tramore on his motorcycle to meet friends for a spin when the accident occurred on the Campile road.
An air amublance was requested but none was available so Rob was taken via ambulance by garda escort to Dublin.
His wife Amanda said: ‘ He had more two cardiac arrests. The doctors couldn’t stop the internal bleeding. I called the whole family. I was driving up not knowing if he was dead or alive in the ambulance. We arrived at the Mater where he was immediately taken to surgery. The first surgery didn’t work as the blood couldn’t clot.’
Rob underwent a second, 11-hour surgery.
‘ They stopped the bleeding. He had lost 40 units of blood in the transplant. Thankfully he didn’t need a lung transplant.’
Rob was put in a sedated coma as his body had to get used to the weaker lung he has. Doctors said at the time that it was a miracle that he survived the accident. There were fears his sight and mobility would be affected, but Amanda said Rob is now on course to make a full recovery.
‘He got transferred to Wexford General Hospital on Sunday, May 14, having been taken out of his sedated coma the previous week. He is very alert and was thrilled to see his children Emma and Shane on Monday.’
Rob can speak and is eating and will soon undergo physiotherapy and see an occupational therapist.
‘He has been in bed for a month so everything will take time. His lung is doing brilliantly and he doesn’t require any more operations. All the internal damage has healed. The doctors just can’t believe how well he has responded.’
She said Rob can’t wait to get home and is asking for home cooked dinners, which are duly brought to him in his hospital bed.
Amanda thanked everyone for their messages of support and for their help over the past month.