Chronicles of Alan; Lucas 11

Previous Episode:- https://steemit.com/life/@awgbibb/chronicles-of-alan-lucas-10

For the purposes of My Post , we will say that the Mustang above has a Lucas Battery in it!

So Chris and I are back in our home in Witpoortjie.

She cannot use her right arm much , still in plaster, her left hand has plaster holding the little finger straight. In addition limping due to cracked ankle.

My left arm still in a sling , have to keep it at 90%, Had skin removed off my right thigh for Grafts on my left arm.

My left thigh also had a bit of flesh Gauged out of it. My jaw has grown back a bit crookedly , so only 1 upper tooth and 1 bottom tooth actually touch . Much like a bus conductors ticket clipper , so all I do is put a hole in anything I try to chew ,

so liquid diet, and I have lost so much weight I have to sit on soft bed cushions on top of a couch!

Our kids , Wayne, Shakira and Geils are still farmed out to the family, and between the two of us , we can just about drive a car!

Very necessary as we have to go to physio 2 or 3 times a week.

As you would have gathered the Chance to play in a sponsored Band ( from number 7 in this series ) has gone up in smoke! ( for me)

The physiotherapist is considered to be very good and is trying hard to get rotation in my left wrist going, I tell him he is hurting me!

" Don't be a sissy" is his response . I pop in to Doctor Jannie l's rooms , he says, " the membrane in your left forearm is torn and the upper bone is just lying next to the other one. You will never have rotation again!"

I stop going to the Physiotherapist as everything else he is doing I can easily do myself, start swimming to get everything working as well as I can.

Lucas call me again, " When can you start?' Remember when I joined there were 3 of us, now just me, and the Guy I had trained to fix Battery Chargers, big Backlog again!

Lucas carried on paying me , but really, I was of no use to them , Caught a train in one day , Limped up from the Station to them,probably in excess of 2 kms.

One look at me and they realised I would not be back in a hurry.

Kids back with us, Need to go to Dentist as I require specially made plates so that I can eat again. Make appointment in Johannesburg. Geils, 3 years old, has never been on a Train, I am taking him with. Very excited, "Going on Chooka Train!" I can still only use my right arm.

The day arrives , Take Black Volkswagen Beetle Down to Station, realise it is a really hot day , park otherside the Main road under a Tree for shade ( no aircon in a beetle!)

Train comes into Station, Geils opens the door , and runs straight for the station , I scream after Him , struggling to get out and I see the first Car hit Him , and an LDV coming from the opposite direction , scoops him up as well, screeching tyres, broken Glass and rending metal!