It dream of getting back on his bike

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Samuel Ducharme woke up in the hospital with two vertebrae fractured and fissured.

Axel Marchand-Lamothe

Sunday, 18 February 2018 01:00

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A young man of the Laurentians clings to his dream of being able to find the motocross tracks after a serious accident, which could have cost him his life, not once, but twice.

“I was no longer able to move. I felt the blood in my mouth, ” confides Samuel Ducharme, 18 years. I was convinced that I’d never be able to walk. “

On the 29th of last July, when training for a competition motocross Desbiens, Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, it is landed on the head after having missed the reception of a jump.

The front wheel of his motorcycle has been destabilized upon contact with the ground and the spacecraft has completed his run on the teen.

“My pulse has quickly waned. After it was installed in the ambulance, I don’t remember anything “, he says.

Result after waking up in the hospital : two vertebrae broken, another cracked, with a long list of medications for its rehabilitation.

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The young man had participated in several races prior to his accident.

Dark thoughts

The doctors chose not to operate in the immediate future and, with his family, he returned to the house in Saint-Hippolyte.

“He did not accept his condition. In the first month, I had to help him for everything, ” says his mother, Marie-Julie Ballard.

“I thought I couldn’t get out. I kept telling myself that at 18 years old, I’d never be able to do certain things. I contemplated suicide “, gliding Samuel.

His joy of living was gone, according to his family. “It is hard as a parent to see her child like that. “notes Alain Ducharme, his father.

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Surrounded by his parents, Marie-Julie and Alain, Samuel hopes to be able to resume riding his motorcycle.

Go back to moto

The unwavering support of his family allowed him to gradually resume some of the activities.

If he returned to work and is considering a return to school, he can no longer train in the gym like before.

“I have persistent pain in the back. I still have tingling and numbness from time to time, ” said the young man.

Far from dwelling on his fate, he first of all wants to launch a message of perseverance.

“I count myself lucky to be alive and not be paralyzed. We can get through it, that is what is important, ” he states.

His next challenge will be loving the bike with which he has fallen.

“When I see it, I think back to my accident. I’m still nightmares. At the same time, I want to go back up top. I give myself a year to resume competition, ” says Samuel, who is of the sport of motocross since his childhood.

It was restored and sits proudly in the middle of the dining room of the family residence.

“It reminds us that life is so fragile,” breath, finally, Ms. Ballard.