Man who was cut in half by forklift shares what wife has to do for him after accident
A man whose life changed forever after being cut in half in a horrifying forklift truck accident has shared a look at what his day-to-day routine looks like.
Back in 2019, Loren Schauers was working as a builder in Montana when his life changed forever. Loren had been driving a forklift across a bridge when the vehicle veered off course and plummeted 50ft to the ground below.
Loren's co-workers would find the 18-year-old pinned beneath the piece of heavy equipment, with the impact of the fall crushing his right arm and every bone from his pelvis down.
Miraculously, Loren would survive the horrifying accident but would be left with life-changing injuries after consenting to have his right forearm and the lower half of his body amputated.
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The radical surgery, named hemicorporectomy, meant that Loren had to adapt completely to his new normal.
Nearly six years on from the accident and Loren has built an online platform to share his life with viewers around the world alongside his wife Sabia, with the pair regularly sharing updates to their Sabia and Loren YouTube account.
A recent upload, titled 'Behind the Scenes (and some chaos)' showed what appears to be a typical morning for the pair, including how Sabia assists with his mobility when he's not wearing prosthetics.
In the clip Sabia could be seen lifting Loren out of bed and carrying him to the living room sofa before he repositions himself upright.
The pair also gave a further update on Loren's health, explaining that they haven't been able to film frequent videos due to ongoing health issues which he's facing.
"Hopefully we do have a whole lot of things planned for you guys," Sabia explained. "That will be coming soon... when we're able to get Loren in his prosthetic again."
Loren then explained that he was currently dealing with kidney stones and had been suffering from 'back-to-back kidney infections' and is currently waiting on further surgery.
"So when Sabia says [that] we're waiting on the surgery to get things rolling back in our lives she really means that," he added. "We're both sick and tired of sitting around the house doing nothing."
Loren is often transparent with viewers about what it's like to live with the bottom half of his body amputated, previously addressing his altered life expectancy after the accident.
According to various statistics, hemicorporectomy patients can live anywhere between nine and 22 years after having their lower half removed. Explaining why an estimation was 'so hard to pinpoint' in a previous video, Sabia said: "Because his case is so rare, it's hard to pinpoint."
She continued: "The closest [patient] one to Loren's situation, age, health, all of that was the one who lived about 24 years. So, if we go off of that, you know, we are hoping Loren has, you know, 40-plus years left with us."
Brenna Cooper