Hi my name is Deidre this story is about my partner Bruce he was 46 when he had a motor bike accident it was the 12 th of may 2002 mother's day it was a brand new bike and this was his first ride on it . There seems to be no real reason for Bruces accident he was an experianced rider and the area was rather easy ( a stright) anyway he come off head first into a tree luckly he was with friends who were able to locate ambulance staff at the sceen it took about 2and a half hours to stablize him enough to fly him to the nearest hospital that is where we live Rotorua New Zealand .His friends who where in a great deal of shock got all of his things togeather and tried to ring me at home but being mothers day we were out for lunch my two children Daniel and Eden 6 and 7 and Bruce's ealdest son Ricky 17 when we got home I said that Bruce should be finished soon and that he'd ring then my cell phone rang and stopped it said missed call from Bruce so I called Back what had happened was that his friends didn't know how to use it and were trying to let us know so Rob ( one of his closest friends) then told me of the accident I was trying to get off the phone so I could go to the hospital and Rob told me that I wouldn't get much out of him and that he hadn't regained consiousness any how 10 minutes later we got to the hospital and were asked to go into a room and the doctors would be in shortly to talk to us luckly that morning Bruces Brother and closest friend had got home from an overseas holiday and he was the only family members phone number that I had on my cell so he arrived thank god then my mum to pick up the kids Bruce's son and I sat there crying then the Dr came in and closed the Door asked us to sit down I was sure he was going to tell us that he was dead so when he said that he was in a drug induced coma and on life support I was so relived I can't explain it but I just thought everything will be just fine latter in icu we were told that a ct scan had showen very little wrong that there was a small amount of blood at the base of the brain but no swelling and I asked about broken bones and was told there where none so we all went home just thinking that they had just put him on the life support for a precaustionry measure and I got up at 6 the next morning to iron his cloths and bring him home when they took all of the drugs out of him But the next day all turned bad they did another ct to just check for slow bleeds and that showed increased blood and blotches throughout the brain they were very low in the brain and now we know that there was bleeding in the brain stem nothing could be done we where told to pray he then got phnomonia and had a broken left rist and right femur broken teeth .24 days later Bruce left icu still in a coma eyes open sometimes but little to no reconition 3 weeks later he has had his traci removed and has said the odd bearly reconisable word (fuck off) he is having a peg put in to feed him as he pulled all of the nose tubes out and is still having trouble swallowing it has been only 10 weeks so for which I must say feels like 10 years I pray for full recovery but I would be happy for bruce to have quality of life at this stage I dearly love and miss him it feels so lonely even with every one around.I will up date this and hopfully with a happy ending I gess you all will know what I'm going through good luck with your lives and your loved ones. Deidre