Fundraiser for Cork taxi driver after amputation

[watty]

EMERGENCY OP Cork taxi drivers set up fundraiser for colleague who had leg amputated after infection

A group of Cork taxi drivers have set up a fundraiser for their colleague who had an emergency operation that resulted in his leg being amputated.  Robert “Bobby” Lynch has been a taxi driver in Cork for over 30 years, and earlier this year he suffered an infection on his toe and later had to get a section of his left leg amputated.  Bobbys’ friends and colleagues are now raising funds to help him afford a prosthesis, adaptations to his house, and an automatic car so that he can continue to work.Speaking on The Neil Prendeville Show today, Bobby said that the last few months have been a total shock.

“It happened so quick; I couldn’t believe it,” he said.  “When I noticed the little mark on my toe, my middle toe on my left foot, I just saw a little red mark and two days later the mark became a cut and I covered it with a plaster.  “I took the plaster off the next day and my top of the toe was jet black, so I got a fright.”

Bobby was transferred to Cork University Hospital, where doctors “took away the infection” and said that “the toe would fall off by itself.”  A few days later, the Cork man felt severe pains in his foot and went to A&E. He was later told that he would have to get his leg amputated six inches below the knee.  Bobby explained: “My toe was actually killing me and my foot was killing me. One morning, I woke up and couldn’t put my foot on the ground. I had an abscess on my foot.  “The moment the leg was taken, the pain that I had was lifted. Just gone.

“I’m in a wheelchair which is rough... It’s very hard,” he added.

Donations towards the Friends of Robert (Bobby) Lynch can be made here

[Shallowhal]

Fuk me....that's rough.

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

i'd stuff the amputated leg and mount it on the dashboard.
what a conversation piece.

[Shallowhal]

i'd stuff the amputated leg and mount it on the dashboard.
what a conversation piece.

Ooh.....i reckon that could be an NCT and LRA fail!!

[silverbullet]

i'd stuff the amputated leg and mount it on the dashboard.
what a conversation piece.

Ooh.....i reckon that could be an NCT and LRA fail!!

Although it'd be great when he gets back to work, and a punter shouts "put the foot down"!!

[Rat Catcher]

Get well soon, Booby.

Fair play to the lads helping out:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/friends-of-robert-bobby-lynch

[Shallowhal]

Get well soon, Booby.

Fair play to the lads helping out:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/friends-of-robert-bobby-lynch

Is that his nickname?

[Rat Catcher]

No, a typo - an ermism, if you will.

Get well soon, Bobby.

[Rat Catcher]

Kinda ironic (unintentionally) given the amount of semi-literate drivel Bobby has produced over the years.

[silverbullet]

Kinda ironic (unintentionally) given the amount of semi-literate drivel Bobby has produced over the years.

Would you go as far as saying he frequently put his foot in it?