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rionaleonhart) wrote2006-09-22 10:33 am
rionaleonhart) wrote2006-09-22 10:33 am
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Hamster continues to progress. Look at that, an actual title!
Good news on Richard Hammond's condition: he's been moved from intensive care into a high-dependency ward, and the doctors say he's making 'satisfactory progress'. His condition is now considered 'stable', rather than 'serious but stable'. (Have a source.)
Also, there have been some lovely and reassuring statements from his co-presenters:
From Jeremy:
“I was being nice to him for a change.
“But I wasn’t getting any reaction. He probably thought ‘That sounds like Clarkson but it can’t be — he’s saying nice things’.
“He was lying peacefully with a black eye but didn’t react so I tried something else.
“I said: ‘The reason you’re here is because you’re a crap driver’. He then smiled at me.
“It was an amazing moment, very moving.”
From James:
"He tried to sit up when I came in and he gave me a sort of grin, which I have to say was a very uplifting moment for me," he said. "I had a bit of an unmanly moment at that point.
"I was chuffed to see him and although he's muttering, he seems much like the irritating little shit I know and love. Even when he can't say much, he seemed to make as much sense as he does when he can talk normally."
They're such a wonderful team. I am incredibly touched.
Yes, I know that I've been making rather a lot of entries about this, but I'm worried about him and so are you. Admit it. Everyone in the world loves Richard Hammond and you know it.
Also, there have been some lovely and reassuring statements from his co-presenters:
From Jeremy:
“I was being nice to him for a change.
“But I wasn’t getting any reaction. He probably thought ‘That sounds like Clarkson but it can’t be — he’s saying nice things’.
“He was lying peacefully with a black eye but didn’t react so I tried something else.
“I said: ‘The reason you’re here is because you’re a crap driver’. He then smiled at me.
“It was an amazing moment, very moving.”
From James:
"He tried to sit up when I came in and he gave me a sort of grin, which I have to say was a very uplifting moment for me," he said. "I had a bit of an unmanly moment at that point.
"I was chuffed to see him and although he's muttering, he seems much like the irritating little shit I know and love. Even when he can't say much, he seemed to make as much sense as he does when he can talk normally."
They're such a wonderful team. I am incredibly touched.
Yes, I know that I've been making rather a lot of entries about this, but I'm worried about him and so are you. Admit it. Everyone in the world loves Richard Hammond and you know it.
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These people have, like, renewed my faith in humanity.
I mean, they're still being giant boys about it ("I said: ‘The reason you’re here is because you’re a crap driver’. He then smiled at me." "he seems much like the irritating little shit I know and love."), but there's so much under it. (I know it may seem silly or crass to make fandom comparisons at this point, but Jeremy's reaction is something I've seen analogues of in SG1 canon/fandom and is one of the things that sold me. Utterlyin-character compassion.)
't's good to know he's got such friends.