A man who was cut in half by a forklift in a horrific accident two years ago has revealed the question that irritates him the most. Loren Schauers, 20, from Great Falls in Montana, suffered life-changing injuries in September, 2019, while working on a bridge with a forklift.
After getting too close to the edge due to traffic, Loren fell 50ft and was crushed by the forklift which severed his forearm and crushed his lower body. The accident left him a hemicorporectomy patient who has been living without his legs and right forearm for the last two years, reports the Daily Star.
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The young man then bravely made the decision to allow doctors to perform hemicorperectomy surgery – where everything below his waist was amputated – to save his life. Despite the surgery, just over a month after the operation, doctors still believed Loren would die. However, he has come on leaps and bounds since. You can get more human interest stories and other updates by subscribing to our newsletters here.
Since his accident, Loren has taken to his new life admirably well and now posts explainers and weekly vlogs to his followers on YouTube. Loren shares his YouTube account with his devoted wife Sabia Reiche, 23, who has stayed by his side through all his health problems.
Due to Loren's mobility issues, Sabia has to perform many day to day tasks for Loren including changing his colostomy bags and showering him. But despite the life the two have carved out for each other, they say there is one question that still irks them: How do they have sex?
Loren's operation led to the removal of his genitalia as his pelvis had been completely crushed. He previously said that doctors had made efforts to save some of his sperm but decided it wasn't 'viable.'
Responding to the question of sex on a Q&A, Loren's wife Sabia said the question was 'disrespectful'. She said: "A question we get repeatedly is how do we have sex and how do we become intimate. That is a very personal question that we are never going to answer or allude to as it's very disrespectful. You wouldn't ask a random couple on the street how they have sex and just because our life circumstances are different, it doesn't give people the right to ask."
The couple have been very open about the uncertainty of Loren's life expectancy in the past. Speaking on their YouTube channel, Sabia confessed that due to the severity of Loren's surgery it was 'touch and go'.
She said: "It's touch and go, there's no for sure. The average is about 11 years and the record-holder was 24 years. But none of them were in the same situation as Loren. If we go off of that we are hoping Loren has 40 plus years left with us. Because his case was so rare it's hard to pinpoint."
In a bid to make life easier in the meantime, the couple are appealing for donations to fund a new bionic arm for Loren. You can find out more about their fundraiser here.
