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All I can say is Lee made my eyes water during this one. I hope when I find my Mr Right that he is half as supportive and sweet as Lee💙

🚒🚒I am new to your channel. My daughter-in-law’s father fell of a ladder 9 days ago. He suffered an internal decapitation, with paralysis from the neck down. He was able to maintain his airway and had a rod placed from the base of his skull to midway down his back. He was moved from ICU to a rehabilitation hospital. Your story has brought so much peace and joy. God’s not done with you yet nor is He done with Tom. Blessing on you and Lee .Angie Morton, Ohio

I love the fact that while Lee doesn’t see the intimacy thing the same way as you, he doesn’t try to sweep it away or minimize it. Too often someone has tried to reassure me by making it sound like there _is_ no problem to begin with and that I shouldn’t even think about it. It’s so important to acknowledge and validate another one’s feelings, even if you can’t understand it. Lee even says “it’s a legitimate question”. Sadly, a lot of people would’ve said “if it’s not an issue for me and I don’t see it that way, why do you worry about it?”. 🚒

🚒 Thanks for sharing your story. I was caregiver for my husband after a severe stroke for the last 8 years of his life. It bothered him a lot more than me that I had to bathe and change him and we couldn’t have conventional sex. He was the love of my life and we were together. As he got worse, the main problem was that I was working a grueling full time job as a healthcare provider, then came home to take care of him and the household stuff and prepare everything for the next day. I was doing it all myself, and was relieved when he fell asleep in his wheelchair so I could work uninterrupted. 😢 I had one day off a week to take him to doctors appointments and buy groceries and do laundry. I held it together until he went on dialysis, because then I got 4 hours sleep on a good night. If he woke me for something it dropped to 3 or worse. We got up at 5:30 am, I made breakfast, got him dressed, drove him to dialysis, got myself ready, packed a lunch, then drove a half hour to my job, worked 7-9 hours straight, drove the half hour commute, then cooked and cleaned, did both showers, sorted meds, and tried to spend some quality time with my husband until he fell asleep, then I continued working until the wee hours. Fortunately we got the township ambulance to bring him home from dialysis. Because I was exhausted I got grouchy and said some things I still regret 10 years later. (He had a cardiac arrest one morning on the way to dialysis.) I hope he knew how much I loved him and I never felt he was a burden, I just needed some sleep. My advice for any caregiver is that it’s critical to get some help and not try to do it all yourself.

Omg seeing the pictures of you and your nurses on the roof…. I’m bawling!! 😭😭😭

You are both so wonderful. I think as a woman it is engrained in us that our attractiveness to partners constantly has to be earned, and that you are somehow “tainted” in an irreparable way if you go through something like what you did. It is so normal to feel shame and embarrassment. You have a wonderful relationship with a man who cares about you as a whole person, and I hope that it gets easier to show yourself compassion. You are not unclean or undeserving of love and intimacy, and I am so glad he will keep reminding you. It is a lot of change to experience, just know that you deserve to feel confident and comfortable and there is nothing you need to make up for to get there. Keep practicing kindness, including toward yourself, it is clearly in your nature at superpower level. Thank you for making this content and sharing your genuine experiences, I am truly grateful I could find your channel and hear what you have to say. I admire your strength and perseverance.

Enduring true ❤ love. Caring, hurting when the other hurts, rejoicing when the other feels joy, allowing the other to cry & be sad. You 2 r perfect examples of true love. 💜

You guys are a beautiful example of strength and love.

🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒 Absolutely made it to the end. I love your and Lee’s life, love, relationship and mutual respect! If only couples could see things the way you do, there would be no divorces or failed relationships. You need to know what’s important and what you can just laugh off or say that you’re sorry and let it float away. You are great examples of strength and perseverance and you’re getting through it together. This is a CHRISTY and LEE story. Thanks for your candor!! Best of everything, Jane from WI.

Man, that photo with Stacey really got me teary, I didn't expect it. But it's amazing how through all these tough hurdles you meet amazing people that stick with you for so long after. I love these videos, the 911 stories are really interesting, and hearing about your journey through this with Lee and the sweet nurses that helped you. Also, thank you for bringing up LGBT issues in your previous video, it's good to hear more positive voices when it feels like people are being suppressed and/or driven to silence out of fear. Grateful I found this channel. 🚒 🚒 🚒

I am from Canada and am Female and 40 years of age. I was diagnosed with PTSD in 2020. I am thankful for your Channel. Thank You for You and All that You Bring.

I am retired after working in medical records for 35 years, from tiny rural hospitals to level 1 trauma centers. Usually our knowledge of any particular patient's case ended when the patient was discharged. Thanks for letting me know that you are OK. PS. I was not at your hospital; I live in the midwest.

This made me cry, Stacy is an Angel. Wow just wow

Im not ugly crying, you are!!!! OMG Those pictures of you watching the sunset folded me completely under! Bless your beautiful heart and mind! And Bless Lee and all the staff that made your sunset so special! 🌤⛅🌥 Excuse me while I continue sobbing for an hour! ♥

Bailey! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 “if you don’t share that snack now momma” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Christy, every picture of you is beautiful because of the miracle that you truly are!!! You are a beautiful woman inside and out! ❤❤

🚒 The love between you two is so beautiful to see! I'm of course talking about Christy and Bailey.

Great video Lee, Christy & Bailey. Not gonna lie....there may have been tears shed at times but alot of laughter & smiles. Love your love❤

Thank you for sharing! You touch on very important topics here and it takes a lot of courage to talk openly about it. And you both show a great example of excellent communication and great work in a relationship! As a chronic disease and multiple surgery patient I know it's crucial twith all the continous work and communicating about our needs, struggles but also celebrating even the smallest wins. Wish you all the best for the future! By the way, you look stunning!

🚒 the sunset picture was just amazing. Thank you for sharing❤

You & Lee are so inspirational individually and as a couple! Thank you both for being so vulnerable... yall are truly helping me see better ways to look at thing's since my life was almost taken in May 2019. I'm so sorry about your Mom, my Father in law had it, I also worked for senior citizens that had it & it's so ruff watching someone who you love/care about struggle luckily she is blessed with patient caring family 💓

yall are an absolute delight, I know I'm in for a treat every time you upload 🚒

🚒🚑🚒🚑🚒🚑🚒 I love watching the two of you tag teaming life!! You are BOTH truly an inspiration and so much so that I have rewatched you story now three times!!! The first was about a year ago when you first popped up in my recommended videos to watch. This time and the time before were when my Lupus has had me down and I needed a reminder that it's tough today but if you can fight through all that you have then I can get through this moment in time and try again in a little while! Much love from a grateful "spoonie" in Montana who needed a little perspective today!! Thank you! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Seeing that photo of you on the roof of the hospital just made me tear up! I could just feel all the emotions you had to be going through during that moment.

🚒!!! Christy, you are incredible. Lee is incredible. All of your nurses and doctors are incredible. Thank you for sharing your story with us ❤

This was very moving, particularly about the effect on your relationship and also the sunset. Thank you. 🚒

My son lives in Warsaw right now. Very cool! I have no idea how I came across your story, but I watched them all. My husband is a retired state trooper and the law enforcement /first responder family is amazing. I loved the escort at the end, but also was very touched by the story of your nurses. What a journey.

That was amazing to hear all those stories from the rooftop sunset to the escort home. You certainly had a very tough long road to recovery, and realise you still are recovering. I pray you fully heal and are able to get your disability so Lee can be at home more. It should NEVER EVER had been refused in the first place ! I really feel for Lee with his mum being diagnosed with dementia, I nursed my MIL through vascular dementia, it was bought on by her first mini stroke, which over the next 2 years were a constant in our lives about every 2 months, until she passed from a massive stroke after 2 yea. It’s so sad seeing someone you Love completely change in personality, from such a sweet kind loving woman, to being agitated, sometimes throwing hissy fits, and going back to her youth, thinking her mum was inside waiting for us when we would get home. Her hubby who had passed of the same thing in 07 which she nursed him through, was often asking where he was. It as heartbreaking then became very, very, stressful, she would sneak up behind me I would go to turn around and she would be standing right behind me, just staring. It was stressful and so very, very, sad. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone, if I am ever diagnosed with it I will end it. I would prefer to pass with some dignity. Even though she was my MIL, she would always call out for me if she had an accident, fall whatever, even though she would call me another name to friends, her SIL name rather than mine. Right to the end she still always called me by my name and remembered me. Stay safe, and take ca, love your videos ! 🚒🚒🚒xox

🚑 y'all are such a wonderful couple. I don't know how each of you got through all the chapters of Kristi's sicknesses. You are a survivor Kristi. Thank you for all y'all do to help people.❤❤❤

🚒 With all that you have gone through and you still both look at each other with total love...not many people can say that, and I think it's WONDERFUL ❤❤

Love this video. You guys have such a great relationship!

🚒 Just found your channel❤ My goodness, I am amazed by your incredible survival story!! Many blessings to you both and your dear mom and pets 🥰 Take care ❤❤❤

There are so many things you touch on that are relatable to me and probably many others. I had issues after my partner had to see me at my worst in the ER and then had to empty and clean my bedside commode. Yes, I was mortified too!! But during all I went through, it made me realize how much it means to have someone who loves you unconditionally. When you mentioned in a previous episode about the humiliation of diaper changes. The first time I had to ring for a nurse to change me, I felt I had hit rock bottom. But it was such a humbling experience and yes, those kind of events do make you a more empathetic person. This was the first week of June this year, I still am on a walker and cannot use my right leg. This man has been so incredibly patient in putting up with my mood swings, and in having to drive me everywhere. In two ER visits I was out of my mind hysterical and telling him to leave because I didn’t want him to see me like that, but he never left my side. How Blessed you are to have Lee. Men like him and my partner are hard to come by. One other note - a few years back, I moved in with my Dad for a few years to take care of him as he had Alzheimer’s. Anyone who has cared for a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer’s - you become like a club member - not a good club, but one of support and understanding. God Bless you two.

As I have watched your recounting of your terrible trauma. I thank you so much for sharing your experience. It can’t be easy. I am struck by the beautiful love and respect you have for each other. I can’t imagine living through your physical and emotional journey. I hope your life now is as loving and beautiful as it comes across.

🚒 Watched after work chillin’ with dogs. Thank you for another good conversation - there was so much there. And Bailey steps up!

Definitely made it to the end! Riveting stuff. I literally roared with laughter when you opened the Twiglets! I am in the UK so know all about those. They are made with Marmite, which is yeast extract (a by-product of the brewing industry). Several years ago there was a TV ad which focused on the fact that people are never indifferent about Marmite - you either love it or loathe it, and clearly Lee is a lover and you are a loather lol! It has gone into the vernacular over here and we often say something is a Marmite moment... I believe they have something in Australia called Vegemite but I've never tasted that. My hubby is a lover and I am a loather too!! What a great parcel your British friend sent you. Fortnum and Mason's is a very superior shop in London so you are honoured! They have been famous for their Christmas hampers for decades. Watching Bailey trying to eat what you are eating reminds me of one of my very first KZfaq videos where Phoebe (one of our cats at the time) was trying to share my hubby's breakfast Marmite with him!! Check it out on my channel - it's hilarious. Phoebe was definitely a Marmite lover lol! How blest you are with your wonderful hubby. Mine is the same. He has been all the way through with me, with 15 years of ME which causes partial disability, bowel cancer in 2015 resulting in ileostomy, 6 months intensive chemo, and numerous subsequent surgeries, and breast cancer 2 years ago, also a coronary artery vasospasm several years ago - my health issues have put him through the mill but he's a real trooper and has helped me through it all. I don't think I'd have coped without him. What I say is, I'm still here, and I'm still smiling! My Christian faith has sustained me throughout and God obviously still has stuff for me to do on this earth! You two are amazing. I am on a roll with your videos and am stunned at what you have been through and how strong you both are. Please keep sharing - you are a real inspiration. The world is a better place because of people like you - not just in your chosen career and all the caring you have provided, but just how you are as individuals and together. Keep up the good work.

🚒 Wonderful video. I'm enjoying your channel and being a part of your audience. You and your husband have such an amazing rapport! You are both so inspirational.

🚒🚒🚒🚒 I love you two! What great roll models! I have not had a prolonged stay in the hospital, but all 3 of my kids were premature. The first one (36 weeks) only had to stay one extra day. My second (25 weeks) stayed in NICU 3 months, went home for 3 days and was back in for 10 days, went home for 3 days and was back in for a week! Has been great since. And my last (30 weeks) came home the day before I had to return to work after 6 weeks. So I totally agree about special nurses and doctors! I have just found your KZfaq so I plan to keep watching. Thanks so much!

Lee your faith shows and it shines the light God would have it do! The love you both share is awesome and I pray it never changes! Keep sharing this love with each other and the world!

🚒 great video, thanks for sharing, the good, the bad and the ugly!!

You are a great inspiration to everyone. I won't ever forget your story and how you handle life.

🚒 This is such a moving video, very beautifully told. I wish you nothing but the best, and hope you will enjoy a long and happy future. 😺

🚒🚒 I am a physical therapist but have worked in outpatient clinics for most of my 45-year career. I haven't worked with people in trauma centers like you were in but I AM very proud of your fight and so thankful, as I know you are, that you have such a rock of a husband! People around the patient can really make a huge difference in the outcomes. We lived in Alabama for many years so I know the areas and hospitals you are talking about. Hang in there, you've fought the hard battle already!

🚒 I laughed, I cried, ... I love that your relationship is so strong. I too, wrecked my motorcycle and for nearly a year, my husband would sometimes just look at me and tear up. I was not nearly in as bad of shape as you, Christy, but my loving husband took care of me through the healing process. Our relationship is better than it was before (and it wasn't bad before). I agree that you reach a point where you think, "It's just not worth being upset over something so insignificant when it could be that you live life without your person." There were many embarrassing times of him taking care of my bathroom needs, showering me, etc. I feel so deeply blessed that I have him and I think he feels the same about me.

I so agree. It’s so hard being in the Medical field. Eventually I got so burnt out. I retired early but wish I didn’t have too. I wish I lived closer to you than Texas where I’m at. I would total help out as all of my family is back home in Canada. Love you both. Love to you all. 💗

I’m less than 3 minutes in to this video and you guys are too cute! I just found your channel and started watching a couple days ago. You are an incredible human and you definitely found your perfect match.

🚒 I love these sit-down chats!

Hello Christy and Lee. You two are so in touch with each other. That is a blessing in itself. I was thinking about how since you two are. I left you a comment. First. I Googled Internal Decapitation and read about it. and I was able to see your 3 nurses and you on the helipad to watch the Sunrise! That was special! When my health went down the rabbit hole. I don't remember a lot of what happened to me, but my husband can tell my tragic event almost verbatim, I looked up on Google Internal Decapitation and started reading. I got to see (like a lot of others) you and your 3 nurses on the helipad as you 4 watched the Sunrise!, or Sunset!, was the most uplifting thing I have ever seen! God bless you and me as well, I am in constant pain, and my mid and lower back are fused. That was a horrific time in my life. Prepped for another surgery and my neurologist/neurosurgeon was 1/2 way through putting the cages around my spine, he had to stop and go to Georgia, and he left the cage dangling. I got super sick to my stomach. I kept calling the nurses and told them over and over I was in serious abdominal pain. I finally got up, I don't know how, I walked to the hallway screaming l am sick and just collapsed right there in the hallway. Fortunately, a plain-clothed doctor scooped me up and ran me to the ER. The on-call doctor opened me up and found a large laceration to my colon, I was septic. They had to remove my intestines and sterilize each one had to sterilize my abdominal cavity then put me back together. My right kidney did not get sterilized and later threw me into a tailspin. That was the 3rd time I quit breathing. The Dr. told my family that it was up to me whether I pulled through surgeries and dialysis(due to my right kidney.) The Dr. put me on very strong antibiotics. During treatment, the Dr. put me in a self-induced coma. So I would be still. It seemed like it would never stop. So, I know you are tired of hearing about me. God bless you and your husband. My husband every day went to work and came to my bedside. He is a special man as is your husband. Whether you read this or not it felt good to text you and let me feel like someone is listening to me. Thank you and stay strong and know that you are Blessed. I apologize for such a long comment. But it felt so good talking about it, letting it out Again Thank You.

Great video….” and the greatest of these is love” …when we say our wedding vows , and I said mine at age 20, do we really think about the actual reality of what they can mean …” in sickness and in health” …I think as young frisky lovers we often gloss over that vow and relish in the health part…your marriage and Lee’s commitment to those vows says everything about who he is as a man. I love how he talks about dignity and looking someone in the eye ….focusing on the soul in my opinion rather than what may be a less than lovely task at hand…an accident can happen in the blink of an eye and thank heaven for earthly angels like the nurses(Stacy) that can make you feel when you are at your most vulnerable that they “have you” and that they truly care. A hand being held can move mountains and reduce anxiety. We need more hand holding in our world! I wish you all the best….

🚒 you guys are inspiring ❤ thanks for sharing your stories

🚒 you are such a special couple. Thank you for sharing😊

🚒 I made it to the end. Thank you for sharing. It has been nice to see another survivor pulled away from death.

🚒 came across your channel by happenstance (though I believe nothing happens without a reason). Thank you for sharing your story, I look forward to seeing the rest of your videos.

Lee, I know exactly how you feel. I'm an RN and unfortunately I lost my Mom to Alzheimers in 2020. Knowing the disease and its progression does suck. I took care of her the last 6 years of her life although she had Dementia that progressed to Alzheimers and I was with her until she passed. My heart goes out to you both and your family. Keeping y'all in my thoughts and prayers.

Hey you two, I have to say I think you are wonderful. Talking about one of the most awful experiences that anyone can have and rarely if ever come through, I can feel the love you have for each other and how blessed we are , as more than viewers now, to care about you in our lives. You have opened up to us as even family and friends aren't able to do most of the time. No bull, lots of humor and all real. Thank you so much for trusting us. I love you ! ❤😘😘

🚒.. thank you both for sharing your story .. you both are an inspiration.

🚒🚒🚒 Really enjoyed this video. Thank you!

This was without a doubt the most Beautiful and Tearful episode you have posted, and I want to Thank you 😊 Christy you and Lee are two very Special People ❤️ I don't know how to do the emoji, but I made it to the end of the video.

Love listening to you both! I’m new to your channel so looking forward to watching more videos!🚒

🚒. I enjoy your videos You both got what it takes!

What a lovely couple. Such support from your partner, such love. I am inspired to live every moment like it is the last one, appreciate my friends and family more! I lost my beloved husband in 2020 and wish I knew how lost he must have felt going through his hospital struggles. I believe that I was there to help ( limited because of Covid restrictions) but I gave love and now I know he would have known that even if he couldn’t talk. Thank you🙏

Thanks for sharing your lives with us! 🚒

🚒 is this the right one? I do have to confess to watching in two parts though - had jobs to do in the middle :) That sunset from the helipad was stunning :)

🚒 Your story is amazing. You are so blessed to have a husband who loves you no matter the cost. He is a rare find and a great example to all of us.

🚒 Happy Easter Christy and Lee.

Firetruck 🚒 .. made me tear up. When you shared the pictures of your sunset.

What a lovely video. Thanks for sharing with it. 🚒

I just started your video's today and they are so good.🚒

You guys are an awesome couple!!❤❤ Just came across your channel and you can see the love between you two. ❤❤

Also LEE is emotional🔥, just accept that special ❤️ and 💞 lady, sometimes we get lucky! 🙏

🚒 glad you are here. ❤

🚒 It is so beautiful to see the love between you two

🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒 You’re such an amazing couple!!! ❤❤❤

🚒 love the love you guys have!

Hey lady u have a remarkable memory concerning all this. It’s amazing

Your husband is wonderful, you make a great team! 🚒

🚒 Happy to know you are smiling!

Lee is amazing. I have to put that out there.

Ok so I used to sit and read clinical all day for wound VAC therapy insurance criteria. My first big one that I remember was a morbidly obese man who just has surgery to unbury his gentleman’s dangly bits and the wound dehisced (torn apart due to infection). The angle to which it tore and the details they included on how this man was able to not use the restroom adequately was absolutely hilarious. He basically couldn’t pee without getting some to the face every time. There’s certain heartbreaking injuries that were also more common in other parts of the country than others it seemed. Stingrays in the Gulf of California, lawnmower and boating accidents, especially to kids, were horrifying. My hats off to y’all for having to deal with these in person. It’s always nice to hear others points of view on things. I lost a tire but I promise I’ll become a channel member eventually lol. Thanks for humoring me with a couple good stories!

AMAZING VIDEO 🚒🚒 HAPPY EASTER

🚒🚒🚒 you're both amazing❤

Thank you for sharing both of you 🚒

🚒 You are such a beautiful couple!

Great video ! 🚒🚒

🚒🚒 New to your channel. Need to start from the beginning. Enjoyed this video. Might be really emotional for me as my son was in a motorcycle accident. He almost died and he is a quadriplegic now legally blind but he can see some. Much love❤❤❤

🚒 I so enjoy the way you both love each other. 😊😊😊

🚒 I am new here and I am in awe… incredible doesn’t cover it…❤️

Another wonderful video. 🚒

I love Bailey he is so amazing!

When you love someone, there is nothing you wouldn't do for them. For better or worse

I live in Cooks Springs, Alabama (near Pell City). I was shocked to hear that Lee’s mom lived in Lincoln! Wow!

🚒 Enjoyed your stories 😢 😊.

🚒 great video!

🚒 I love your videos! I’m actually jealous of you and Lee’s relationship. I had to have back surgery and my then husband of 22 years told me it would be a cold day in hell before he would take care of me after my back surgery! We separated 3 days later when I got out of the hospital! I guess the 3 heart attacks I got him through, with one being a quad bypass meant nothing!

Love you guys!!🚒

Hi Christy and Lee, I haven't even watched past the food portion yet but had to tell you that although I grew up in NYC and not in England, I was practically raised, well not quite, but from at least age ten on, on Twiglets and I was waiting to see what your reaction was.... I am thrilled that you like them as much as I still do after many many years 😂😋😘😘OOPs I should have waited to see your reaction Christy! I'm with Lee on this one. They can be an acquired taste😄😉🙃

You guys are such a beautiful couple!! 🚒

Thank you for sharing your very tragic, awful yet beautiful experience. 🚒

Just found your channel and watched this video. Wow … that’s all I got… just wow. 🚒