Paralyzed, it takes a taste for life after the birth of their baby

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Jean-Sebastien Racicot was paralyzed three weeks before the birth of his son, Ludovick. This is the one that gives him the strength to fight to become independent.

Kim Nunes

Saturday, 22 July, 2017 18:30

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PRÉVOST | A man who has lost the use of both his legs a few days before the birth of his first child is fortunate to be alive to experience the joys of fatherhood.

On 20 may, Jean-Sebastien Racicot was in a camp in the Laurentians. He spoke only of one thing: his happiness of becoming a dad in the next few days. His girlfriend Jence Thompson-Pantoja was eight months pregnant. However, authorship has failed to escape him when he found himself under the trailer of a truck while he was doing motocross on a dirt road.

“At the time of the accident, I couldn’t feel my legs. I immediately knew that I wouldn’t run again,” said the man 25 years of age.

Today the father of a child, Jean-Sebastien Racicot is aware of having seen death up close since he had to be resuscitated in the ambulance and has lost a lot of blood on the operating table.

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Jean-Sebastien and his wife Jence Thompson-Pantoja will have to build a new life with their son, Ludovick.

Paralyzed for life

The one who now wears a corset to keep his back will move in a wheelchair for the rest of his days. “At the hospital, when they confirmed to me that I wouldn’t run again, I remember I asked why I wasn’t dead”, ” he says. He could not conceive of living without being able to walk. But that was a few days before the birth of Ludovick. The birth of her baby has changed her outlook on life.

“The hard part, currently, this is not to have lost the use of my legs, but being away from my son, who has brought me a wave of positive. As soon as I saw it, I fell completely gaga. I knew I wanted to be there for him. It pushes me to make every effort to get out of the rehab center quickly. Yes, I must make big loss, but I’m alive. That’s what counts,” says the new dad.

Since the birth of his son, Jean-Sebastien Racicot is armed with a determination out of the ordinary. “He had to stay in hospital for two months, but he stayed there only two weeks. He must now spend three months at the rehabilitation centre to learn to live with his disability, but he works so hard that I hope that it will be released before,” says his lover, Jence Thompson-Pantoja.

A new life

“One is never aware enough of the dangers that surround us: I thought I was invincible and I thought I had life before me,” says Jean-Sebastien Racicot. His lover and him are aware that the event that has changed their lives is an accident. They do not want the driver of the truck. However, they must now draw a new life by erasing the plans they had made.

Despite the ordeal, Jence Thompson-Pantoja promises to accompany his or her spouse in the many challenges that await them. “I’ve always said that Jean-Sebastien was the man of my life. We had planned projects of the family which may not happen, but it will be new.”