Will Pike

Not just, of course, the doctors and nurses, his family and friends, but in fact those sharing the ward with him, those facing their own life-changing injuries.

Within that unit, like I was so lucky as well, we're in a bay of four.

The spinal unit only probably had about 26 patients on it, but we're in a bay of four.

And I'm with three other young guys, all younger than me, with higher up spinal injuries.

So they're all tetraplegic.

I'm lower level paraplegic.

So already I'm getting this huge dose of perspective.

Like, oh, my life is shit.

My life is broken.

My life's terrible.

Oh, you think your life's bad?

You've got just a flesh wound, brother.

And you're like, okay, okay.

Sorry, I'm taking pelters because I'm only paraplegic.

Are you joking?

What?

And it's humbling, like because the guy opposite me, I've spoken about him and I will continue to speak about him.

Like he was he was Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double in the Harry Potter films.

His whole life was governed by his physical prowess.

Like his whole future was cemented in the fact that he was a human rubber ball.