Replies to 'Giving and Receiving Support'

I'm sorry, I didn't explain myself right, Peter calls me from his rehab hospital when he has finished his days rehabilitation and rounds and back in his room, the nurse puts the phone on speaker as he has no use of his hands at all, he talks to me then because he knows I know what it's like to live with disabilities.  Joel, my son is finally getting some counselling and the counsellor pointed out to him that he may have saved Peter's life by getting into the pool and helping him take that breath and that he should look at from that angle, what ever the counsellor is saying to him it seems to be working.   He is doing much better and is working hard at his studies again.  Things are finally getting back to normal for him which is great.

All I can do for Peter is just listen to him, he has a lot to deal with and I believe he is just venting a bit and he and I have always been close so he feels he can call me.  I will be fine, I just don't know what to say to him sometimes.  Going from an active and working person to a quadriplegic is a hard thing for anyone to deal with, I think he just needs time to deal with it and if I can help him at all I will.  It's just hard not knowing whatto say to him at times, he is never angry with me or blaming, he is just frightened at what will happen next, he is just a scared young man that doesn't know what will happen next a  he has to undergo operations for a colostomy bag and soforth before he can think about coming hime and for some reason this worries him as it seems like the last step and there is no turning back, where at the moment he has a glimmer of hope that he will be able to walk again...