Spitz: 'A Hug' for Holliston grandfather
The morning of Sept. 26 started like many for Bob Lindsey, with a workout at Gold’s Gym in Ashland and a stop at Market Basket on his way home.
Then the routine day ended, and his new life began at 7 a.m.
A few moments after turning onto Pond Street, the commander of Holliston’s VFW post lost control of his car and slammed into a landscape truck’s trailer.
“He’s considered a quadriplegic now,’’ said his daughter, Shauna Walsh. “He is paralyzed from the shoulders down, with no use of his arms, hands and legs.’’
After five weeks in Mass. General Hospital, and almost five months at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Roxbury, Lindsey and his family are coming to terms with what lies ahead.
“I think we’re still trying to wrap our minds around it, that this is the way it’s going to be. ... It hits you at different points every day,’’ said Walsh.
Lindsey’s “spirit is as strong as ever,’’ said longtime friend John Shannahan, but when the day comes that Lindsey can go home, “he’ll need 24-hour-a-day care,’’ his daughter said.
