Man chopped in half by forklift reveals if he still has all his limbs in his dreams and what it feels like
A man who was cut in half by a forklift has opened up on the dreams he's had since the awful accident.
In September 2019, Loren Schauers, from Montana, was driving a forklift across a bridge in the US when it veered off and plummeted 50ft to the ground.
Schauers - who was just 18 at the time - was pinned to the ground beneath the four-ton vehicle, leaving him with life-changing injuries.
He lost three limbs as a result of the accident and made the brave decision to let medics perform a hemicorporectomy surgery - where everything below the waist is amputated - to save his life.
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Since then, Schauers has opened up about adapting to his new way of life, bravely shared a photo from that fateful date and even runs a YouTube channel where shares updates with his followers.
During a recent Q&A, Schauers was asked about whether he 'has limbs' while he's dreaming, to which he replied that 'most of the time' he does.
Schauers went on to describe that as a 'great feeling' and that he feels 'super lucky' he can feel that sensation.
"Hopefully I don't lose that, because that would suck," the YouTuber added.
"I do dream about having legs very often."
Schauers runs the channel alongside wife, Sabia Reiche, who has cared for him since the tragic incident.
Reiche has previously spoken about the moment doctors told the family Schauers would need major surgery.
"We were all like super shocked and none of us knew how to react and none of us knew how Loren would react because he’s an 18-year-old guy living life to the full," she said.
"And so there were fears in our heads that he wouldn’t want this surgery or would rather die than lose half of his body.
"But his sister really fought hard to let him make that decision."
They did decide to eventually go through with the surgery, and as Schauers came round, it truly was the right decision.
"I knew he wasn’t going anywhere because he looked them dead in the eye and told them he didn’t care if he was just a head on a plate, they’re going to do the surgery and they’re going to keep him alive," Reiche went on.
"That really brought a lot of hope for us, that he was a fighter, but we already knew that because he was still alive."
Callum Jones