Loren Schauers

Loren Schauers  is the victim of a Tragic forklift accident in 2019 that involved getting half of his body surgically removed as well as his right arm above the elbow. He is the most recent case of a Hemicorporectomy amputation in the medical journal. He became famous after detailing his accident in YouTube in late 2019 with the YouTube channel name Sabia and Loren.

Accident
'Warning! this may be disturbing and graphic in detail to some readers!'

Loren was a construction worker, He was a Forklift operator and worked in constructing and fixing roads. Around September 2019 when he was operating a forklift near an unpaved bridge, Cars were passing by illegally and he wanted to get away in order to not get hit, He got stuck and the forklift hang onto him, He tried to flee from it by jumping out but it rolled over him three times and it made him fall 50 feet to the ground on a hard dirt road severely crushing his pelvis and crushing his right arm. He was fully conscience through the whole ordeal and dealt with the immense pain on his body, His skeleton from his arm to his pelvic region was literally peaking out. Helicopters came to rescue him and he was immediately taken to a Mercy Ship where they flew him all the way to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington to treat him, He was on life support and it was not expected that he would make it. His girlfriend Sabia Reiche stayed by his side and she said goodbyes to him several times. But it left him with one final choice, to have the lower half of his body and his right arm amputated in order for him to live, He Accepted it because he wanted to live no matter what. The doctors performed a Hemicorporectomy which is one of the rarest Amputations in the whole medical journal. Practically, His Legs, Upper waist, Pelvis, Bladder, Kidney, Private Region and parts of his stomach and Intestines were removed.

His case was interesting because he was one of the few with this procedure, But interestedly, he didn't care about his appearance and was only happy to believe to be with his beloved Girlfriend who always stayed by his side no matter what.

Situation as of recently
He is doing well so far, He has gone through several different series of prosthesis in his body (which were called Buckets) and a mechanical arm. He details his everyday life in his YouTube channel and openly lets his viewers know his everyday routine. Recently, he got major surgery in his colon.

He also got married to his girlfriend Sabia Reiche in March 28, 2021 and the two live together.