Terry Lee:

My name is Terry Lee. I was badly injured in a bush fire in November, 2015. As a result of that Bush fire I was pretty severely burned, 80% of my body. And most of those burns were what they called a deep thickness burns. And as a result, I had to have a few amputations, my lower right arm, and the left hand, I also lost an eye and a very poor sight on the remaining eye. I spent three months in ICU. I spent six months in the burns unit, and three months in rehab. Basically when I woke up in burns unit, I was introduced to LSA and right from the start, they told me that they would look after me. Without LSA and without the service planner, Karen in particular, my life would be quite different. Now I'd be in a different place mentally and physically.

Karen Munro:

I first met Terry when he'd been in hospital for about 10 months. So I asked Harry, what do you want to do? What's your goal for rehabilitation? And his first goal was just to get home. Terry achieved his discharge from the Royal Adelaide Hospital a year to the day, since his injury, which had been a really clear goal of his to be home before that year was out. I think it was about three or four times a week. He needed a physiotherapy and he needed intensive occupational therapy attendant care assistance, lots of prosthetic work for artificial arms. So it was a real team effort, with Terry more and myself, just really pulling all the services together and getting all the recommendations from specialists to make it happen. Terry himself is a veteran. And when he comes up against a challenge, he just takes it head on. The grit and tenacity that he shows has been remarkable and really encouraging and inspiring to watch.

Moira Lee:

My name is Moira, Moira Lee and I'm married to Terry and we've been married for 41 years. On November the 21st, 2015, our life changed forever and ... I'm sorry, I'm going to cry. I'm sorry. That day is very hard for me.

Speaker 4:

Yeah. That's okay

Moira Lee:

It was awful being apart from Terry, while he was suffering, but circumstances on the day, made that impossible for us to be together. He was in ICU, obviously for a long time. For three months. We spent every single day together from the morning till late at night sometimes. I know that it would have been a struggle if we hadn't had the support of LSA, they're always thinking, what else can we do? What else can we provide? If Terry can do this, well, why can't he do that? One of the things that basically kept him alive was knowing that he has children. He has grandchildren at home and me, of course, we weren't prepared to let him go.

Moira Lee:

And one of the great things that he was able to do, our daughter was married September last year, to be able to walk her down the aisle was one of the real highlights in all of our lives.

Terry Lee:

Alexa, turn on close partido lines .

Alexa:

Okay.

Terry Lee:

To this end, LSA has been instrumental in providing if you like independent living within the house, an audio sound system has been installed. I can turn on lights with voice. They supplied me with a large screen TV I can switch that on using Alexa. After the accident, I was a bit wobbly on the legs, but they've come strong now. And I couldn't wait to partake in the city to value in Adelaide. I've already done that as an able bodied person as well, but this time I didn't jog because I haven't learned to jog yet, but I did walk. I walked the 6K and this year coming up in September, I'm going to try and walk the full 12K. There are three things that are essential for a person to have a happy life. One is to have someone to love, to have something to do. And the last one is to have something to look forward to. I've got nothing but price for the LSA. They've made such a huge difference to my life.