Rehab team helps Nathan defy the odds!
Diana on Tuesday, April 4 2023
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When it comes to hospital stays, Nathan Bishop says his couldn’t have been any better. The young father spent nine weeks recovering at Port Kembla Rehabilitation Hospital after a huge stroke in December 2020.
“I woke up and tried to get up, but I couldn’t move, it was like I was paralysed from my neck down. I tried to talk but nothing would come out. My wife Emma was 37 weeks pregnant with our second child at the time, so I didn’t want to worry her too much,” Nathan said.
Just three weeks into his rehabilitation journey, his second daughter Mila was born at a hospital 25km away.
“The hospital staff moved heaven and earth to make sure I could be there. In my mind I was never going to miss it, and they made it happen, so I watched the birth from my wheelchair,” he said.
“When I arrived back at Port Kembla, the nurses and staff had decorated my room with balloons. They went above and beyond for me and that helped push my recovery along.”
Staff also decorated his hospital room over Christmas and even came in on their day off to farewell Nathan as he headed home from hospital.
“They lined the ward to watch me get up out of my wheelchair and walk out of there. It was amazing. To this day I meet up with some of the nurses for coffee, they’ve even watched my daughter grow up from being just three days old to a toddler.”
