A young surfer fears helium whitethorn ne'er locomotion again aft a almighty question pummelled him into a sandbank and broke his spine.
Johnny Konings, 31, suffered a fractured spine, bent spinal cord, breached ribs and a partially collapsed lung aft a freak wipeout connected the archetypal question of his league astatine Duranbah Beach connected the Queensland-NSW borderline past Tuesday.
The Kiwi autochthonal was held supra the aboveground of the h2o by different surfers earlier helium was stretchered from the formation and airlifted to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
He has since undergone country but is paralysed from the waist down with nary sensation successful his legs.
'The worst lawsuit script is that it's improbable helium volition locomotion again,' his fiancee Charlotte Gordon told Nine News.
Johnny Konings (pictured with his fiancee Charlotte Gordon) suffered a fractured spine, bent spinal cord, breached ribs and a collapsed lung aft a freak wipeout connected the archetypal question of his league past Tuesday astatine Duranbah Beach connected the Queensland-NSW border
The young couple, who got engaged during a snowfall travel successful January this year, were meant to beryllium celebrating their impending nuptials with household and friends crossed the ditch successful New Zealand this week.
Instead, Ms Gordon is by his broadside astatine the Princess Alexandra Hospital up of a agelong roadworthy to recovery.
She wrote connected a GoFundMe fundraiser for her fiance's betterment that aft the mishap 'life arsenic we knew it has been changed successful an instant'.
'On his archetypal question of the day, helium deed a soil slope and broke his back, bent his spinal cord, broke a fewer ribs and had a somewhat collapsed lung,' she wrote.
'He was held supra the aboveground and helped into enactment by a radical of surfers, assemblage boarders and lifeguards who we are eternally grateful for and convey you volition genuinely ne'er beryllium enough.'
'He was past treated by a squad of paramedics, and airlifted by Westpac rescue chopper to Brisbane to person country and statesman what volition beryllium the biggest travel of our lives.'
Ms Gordon revealed that though his country went 'really well', helium is 'currently paralysed from the waist down with nary sensation'.
'We stay incredibly affirmative and are going to propulsion everything we perchance tin astatine this,' she continued.
The young couple, who got engaged successful January this year, were meant to beryllium celebrating their impending nuptials with household and friends crossed the ditch successful New Zealand successful caller days.
Johnny (pictured with fiancee Charlottte) remains in Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital paralysed from the waist down
Fighting backmost tears, Mr Koning described the wounded arsenic 'his worst nightmare'.
'I'm highly determined to get backmost to my feet again,' helium added.
The mates person been documenting the challenging betterment process connected societal media.
Ms Gordon described Monday arsenic their 'hardest (day) to date'.
'There's going to beryllium bully days, and atrocious days and we conscionable support taking it time by day, she wrote connected Instagram.
'Tomorrow is simply a caller time that volition bring caller progress, caller firsts and caller challenges.
'We some spell to slumber each nighttime dreaming and visualising walking on the formation together.'
The GoFundMe page has astir raised $14,000 of its $100,000 goal.
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