Catchup with Richard Wells a year on!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well.

Speaker 2 (00:00):
We did Gaily to the Rescue a while ago for
a man called Richard Wells, a friend of the show's.
He in January last year had a fall off his
roof and landed on his head and went to hospital.
He was in a coma for well over forty days
and he was in hospital for nearly ten months, fifty
four days in ICU, and so many operations to save

(00:23):
his life. The journey was just full on. So we
did go to the rescue last October, get.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Him home from the hospital, get him home and he
said it here. Yes, when he came and spoke to us,
he was like, I've got to get home.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
He was aiming to get home for Melbourne Cup and
he got home for Melbourne Cup. It was an amazing,
amazing story. He's a little bit of the Gaily to
the Rescue. My friend Richard Wells, who had an accident
in January, has been in hospital all of this time.
We've got Kirsty, his wife, in the studio.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
It's hard for you to ask for help, Yep, it's awful.
It's really awful to ask Richard.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
I know always the.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Goodness and we're going to try and get Richard home
for Christmas. Thanks for sharing your story.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
Richard is someone who has supported so many Gaily to
the rescues there, always helped so many people in the community,
and now he needs our help.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
You know, Richard.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
Obviously has such a big community in the car industry.
Having read for Suparu, you know what car dealerships are
renowned for the big blow up wavy Man.

Speaker 2 (01:30):
We're bringing Richard home with fifty five thousand dollars and
we've got him on the line right now. Good morning Richard.

Speaker 3 (01:38):
Wells, Good morning hell he is.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
Have a listen to you. Well, you're talking.

Speaker 3 (01:44):
I know, I know, weird, isn't it.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
Well it's weird, but it's also not. You're back to yourself.
And this time twelve months ago, you could you couldn't
say anything to us as you wheeled out of your
room for the first time to speak to Gaily. And
it was the first time I'd seen you, and it
was it was it was shocking, to be honest, I.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
Know it was pretty bad. Considering them, they didn't think,
God walk will talk again, and here I am.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
So how are you? How are you going with your rehab?
Obviously your speech is coming back and you're working on that.
And it's it's just amazing to chat to you. And
I already know that because we chat all the time.
But people that were involved in your story through the
galing to the rescue, and people that know you and
haven't heard from you for a long time would be

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just amazed at your rehabilitation. But you're walking on and
off again as well.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
Yeah, yeah, I walk. I walked a coloma the other day.
So I'm actually gearing up to do the five K marathon,
the phone Runner, the marathon.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
Wow, that is amazing.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
To go from being in a wheelchair, unable to barely
speak to us twelve months ago to now being able
to do a merit what this is called marathon, to
be a part of the gold Post Marathon is amazing.

Speaker 3 (03:02):
Yeah, I know, I'm looking forward to it. My rehabs
going really really well. I do video three times a week,
I do OK once a week, I do speech for
us a week. I'm do psychology once a week. That's
really good.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
I see. It's all important. And because we're here again
doing this for the foundation at the hospital, would you
like to say a quick hell like all those that
looked after you, but also how much it means to
you this Gold Coast Hospital.

Speaker 3 (03:30):
What's one of the greatest places in the world. You know,
they were my family up there. They were they looked
up to be the no end and I can't I
cannot thank them enough for looking after me and all
the things they did for me. And yeah, I'm I'm
just really grateful to be in this devision now.

Speaker 1 (03:50):
It just proof of how important hospitals are to keep
families together. Well, that's what it is.

Speaker 2 (03:56):
Yes, we mentioned it before. We're talking fifty four days
in eye see you, and on average people are in
there three or four days. Yeah, maybe so, mate, you
are a story and an inspiration and keep on going.

Speaker 3 (04:09):
Yeah, I will do it. Thank you very much, calling
in mate.

Speaker 2 (04:12):
We're always going to check up because it's a goally
to the rescue and we like to follow up.

Speaker 1 (04:16):
So yeah, but it's amazing to go from when we
saw him for the first time so then you did
the rescue to just even now. I mean, in another
twelve months, Richard, it's not going to be the five k's.
I'm going to look at you beside me as we
run the forty one k's or forty two k's together.

Speaker 3 (04:30):
All right, it sounds great. To me, I'm all for it.

Speaker 2 (04:34):
Oh he's competitive, that's all you make me do it.
Three days I'll get to back one of you, that's
for sure. See you mate, We'll see you soon.

Speaker 3 (04:48):
Of guys here