Alanna on her son TJs stolen dreams and the lifelong impact of road crashes

Alanna was driving her son from Canberra to the South Coast of NSW when a drug affected person caused a road crash that would change the course of their lives. TJ, a promising young footballer who had just completed year 7, was airlifted in a critical condition where his life was saved by emergency surgery and blood transfusions. 

While his seatbelt saved his life it also caused him to suffer a perforated bowel requiring a double stoma, the loss of major abdominal muscle, fractured ribs and a punctured lung. 

TJ's life will never be the same but the only reason he is still alive is because of blood donors. 

This episode was recorded and produced on the lands of the Gubbi Gubbi people. We pay our respect to the Elders, past, present and emerging. 

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