Q&A: How Has Hart’s Injury Affected His Family Daily Life?¶
Day 2 · 3:39:48 · Dean Allison · Thor Hart · Shawn Buckley · Daniel Freiheit · Jasmeet Grewal
- 👨👦 His son watched him writhe in a hospital wheelchair only a month after they had lifted weights together.
- 😢 Children saw him crawl—and sometimes fail—to reach the bathroom; he cried that this was not the father he wanted to be.
- 💞 His wife has become full-time caregiver during flares, a role neither chose.
Family witnesses the sudden reversal from training partner to dependent patient.
← Q&A: How Has the Injury Affected Hart Mentally and with Doctors? | Daniel Freiheit Sworn: ATIP Exposes VISP Contract Redactions →
Transcript¶
Dean Allison · 3:39:48
Uh, you had mentioned your wife and kids and family. Just wondering how it affected your daily life.
Thor Hart · 3:39:54
Oh, that family in general, it, it turned my experiences— especially I remember the one experience that sticks with me is my second son, not my oldest, but he spent overnight with me in a hospital while I was in a wheelchair and watching the nurse, who thankfully she watched me writhing in pain in the lobby, so she came out and actually gave me a pain— a Toradol shot— to just because there was a long wait in the waiting room. But that's far from the experience I wanted to have with my son, for him to have to watch me like that, whereas just the month prior we were in the gym lifting weights. That was just surreal. And I remember just coming home and crying and talking to my wife about that, saying, this is not the father I wanted to be. And, and having my daughters and, and my children watch me having to crawl to the bathroom and at times not making it, that's not the experience I wanted to share.
Thor Hart · 3:40:55
And my wife, who I, who I love dearly, is now pretty much become my caregiver. On those episodes when I'm having those flare-ups, who's been my rock and been there. But that's not what I chose and what, what I wanted.
Dean Allison · 3:41:10
I think it's important to hear that because yes, we're hearing testimony from people that are feeling the effects of the vaccines physically and mentally, but the physical toll is one thing, but the mental toll it takes on family members husbands, wives, kids, mothers, fathers. I think those stories need to be told too, so people can understand it doesn't just affect the person with the injury, it affects the families and the people involved.
Shawn Buckley · 3:41:39
So yeah, thank you for being here today. Thank you.
Daniel Freiheit · 3:41:43
Thank you.
Dean Allison · 3:41:45
Could I just also— you should work at GM. Were you in St. Catharines or Oshawa?
Thor Hart · 3:41:49
I was in Angersoll.
Dean Allison · 3:41:50
Oh, Angersoll. Because the third one I didn't—.
Jasmeet Grewal · 3:41:52
In a minute.
Dean Allison · 3:41:53
Okay, and where, what part of the— where do you live?
Thor Hart · 3:41:55
I live in Ingersoll.
Dean Allison · 3:41:56
Ingersoll. Okay, so, and you said you traveled to Hamilton, that's where you came for— perfect. I just wanted your context here. Thanks.
Speaker G · 3:42:03
Thank you.