"Do you live on Planet Earth?!" said Paddy, making the Audience and Aston laugh. "Should I be scared?" laughed Paddy "Fire away" "His gorgeous Paddy!" I grinned "But can I just ask something?" I smiled, confused. "Why's that light still on Alice?" he asked "Let me get out there and have a chat to the Girls" said Paddy. "My name's Aston and I'm from Peterborough but live in London" he smiled, looking around. I'm originally from Liverpool but when I turned 16 I moved to America and stayed there for 5 years. I just looked at her confused, I had just moved to England a month ago so I didn't have a clue what she was on about. "His in JLS!" whispered Kelly, who was stood next to me. My eyes widened as did a load of other girls. He was dressed in low slung jeans with a tight fitted top that showed of his muscles. His hair was small and curly and he had a tattoo sleeve. My smile grew even wider as I saw his ffee coloured skin, pearly white teeth, gorgeous brown eyes.
He was facing the other way so I couldn't see his face but I could see his bum.I just wanted to squeeze it ) Who ever is coming down Paddy's love lift tonight ticks one box for me already.his sweet, I can tell by the song that his chosen. You know I've been to many different places and I've seen so many pretty faces but baby no one ever comes close to you, close to you, close to you.'Īww, I thought. It's a big hurdle to live with but I have.Part One: 'See I've travelled around the world now and i've seen so many beautiful girls now but somehow no one ever comes close to you. "Her swimming success has taken a lot of the pain away. "She's up there with the able-bodied swimmers and she's missing a leg."Īccording to Garry, Sophie believes the accident "is the best thing that's happened to her". Jo believes her daughter "would be a top swimmer" regardless. The what-if question, what-if the accident had not happened, has been pondered by the Pascoes. Every so often I'll be sitting here at home and I'll know Garry is thinking about the accident. Wife Jo added: "It's been tough on Garry. It's definitely something I don't enjoy talking about." "I keep the graphic detail to myself I will never share that. "It can happen while I'm driving along and you just click into it, give a wee bit of a judder and try to put it away again and just carry on. I get a memory flashback about three or four times a week. "The hospital people offered me counselling but I refused it. The aftermath of the accident left deep psychological scars on the Pascoe clan. She'd climbed the ladder and was about to get on the roof. "I was working on a house on a Saturday morning and was up on the roof with the owner helping me. At her first school sports at the age of five, she won the running race. Garry: "She was a pretty gutsy little lady. However, it quickly came apparent her injuries would do little to inhibit her sense of adventure.
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In ensuing weeks and months Pascoe needed extensive treatment including several skin grafts and micro surgery.
Surgeons operated on Pascoe for six hours and were unable to save her left leg, however, repaired significant damage to her right heel. That picture stays in my mind the whole time." "I told the doctors not to show Jo anything when she arrived. "There are some things from that day that I'll never share with anyone. I don't recall her missing a toe on her right foot but the other leg was definitely pretty rough. "Her left leg was just hanging by a tendon the heel of her right leg was taken out and the calf muscle was ripped right open. We managed to rug her up and hold the leg till we got to the Accident and Emergency department at Christchurch Hospital. She was in shock she'd completely shut down.
"I was holding Sophie's leg - one leg was almost severed and was bleeding. We got into his car and shot straight through Halswell up Lincoln Road towards the hospital. But they couldn't help so I ran to Alistair Bull's place. I picked Sophie up and ran next door to the nearest neighbours. Garry adds: "It devastates me to think about it even now. Pascoe says she was "too young to remember my accident, but my dad Garry, my mum Jo, my sister Rebecca and my nana Yvonne Goodman have vivid memories of a day that changed our lives forever". has happened?' I looked down and there was Sophie under the mower." Blow me dead, I went to go in reverse and the mower wouldn't move. "I was mowing the raised section of lawn and was in low gear because the surface was a wee bit bumpy. The precautions I took at the time were the right thing to do, but the accident still happened. We drove down on the mower and I told Sophie to stay beside the workshop because it was too dangerous on the mower when I was cutting the grass. She even wanted to come with me while I did the mowing. "She wanted to be with me the whole time. On the day of the accident Garry says her daughter was "strangely clingy".