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Neighbours’ Toadie To Be Left Paralysed In Upcoming Episodes

August 4, 2015
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I’ve just read this on Digital Spy:

Neighbours favourite Toadie Rebecchi will be left paralysed later this month as his past comes back to haunt him.

The popular character will be knocked unconscious when he slips off a jumping castle while spending time with his daughter Nell at an event organised by Naomi Canning.

When Toadie wakes up in hospital and seems to be okay, the relief from his loved ones is sadly short-lived as he is forced to confess that he can no longer feel his legs.

Concerning test results then reveal that Toadie’s accident has aggravated his old bullet wound, which he sustained when he was shot by Guy Sykes in 2006.

Although Toadie goes in for urgent surgery, the bad news for his wife Sonya and their friends is that there’ll be no immediate answers over his future.
The doctors can only reveal that either the bullet still lodged inside Toadie has caused more damage, or the swelling he has suffered is pinching some nerves.

One outcome is permanent while the other would resolve itself in time, leaving Toadie with an anxious wait to find out whether he’ll ever walk again.

Longtime readers may know that I’ve been a massive fan of Neighbours forever. I have grown up with Toadie Rebecchi bringing fun and laughter to my TV screen!

He is one of Neighbours’ most popular characters of all time. I am very pleased to see a storyline involving disability given to such a regular, popular and well-known character.

I have never liked miraculous cures in TV disability storylines. I much prefer to see TV programmes showing that becoming disabled doesn’t have to completely change a person’s life. I hope that Toadie will remain paralysed, but that the other parts of his life will continue unchanged. Neighbours has managed this successfully in the past with Paul Robinson and Susan Kennedy.

I look forward to seeing what is coming up for Toadie, and sincerely thank Neighbours for the storyline.

 

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    Fibro confused permalink
    August 4, 2015 10:13 am

    As another neighbours fan of more years than I can remember I hope the storyline means Toadie is paralyzed too, I’m not a huge fan of home grown soaps I stick to the Aussie ones, they can do ‘hard; story lines without weeks of doom and gloom. Fingers crossed they have another disabled role model who’s story lines end up being positive and fun

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    The Hairy Housewife permalink
    August 4, 2015 12:25 pm

    I haven’t watched Neighbours – or any other soap – for many years now, but I remember when Toadie (or Toadfish, back then) arrived in town – and I liked him instantly.

    As a person with disabilities, I do hope that they can put a positive spin on this tragedy. If there’s any Neighbour’s character who can get through something like this with a smile on his face, it’s Toadie 🙂

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    Dino permalink
    August 4, 2015 4:58 pm

    Again? They Already did that storyline when he got shot. In any case, everybody knows that living on Ramsay Street means that chronic illnesses and near-fatal injuries only last for 3 weeks. Remember when Kyle looked directly at the sun and was blinded…for a fortnight? Remember when Frasier was trampled by a race horse and was paralysed….for a month? Remember when Susan developed MS then made a total recovery? Nowadays Paul limps about but can’t remember which of his legs is supposed to be prosthetic. Remember when Harold exited the series with a terminal cancer storyline? He came back fit as a fiddle. Neighbours is fun trash TV but definitely not what I’d point to as realistic portrayals of injury, illness or disability.

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