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Nev Schulman is recovering from a bicycling accident that left him with a broken neck. The ‘Catfish’ host shared graphic photos of his injury on August 10 via Instagram. In a lengthy caption, he revealed the injury occurred on Monday, August 5, after a “day full of love” with his family on Sunday.
Schulman issued a medical trauma warning in his carousel Instagram post about his severe injury. His caption revealed that a truck struck him while he was riding a bike. He was on his way to pick up his son from school but never made it.
Despite breaking his neck in two places, Nev confirmed he’s “not paralyzed.”
“I broke my neck. C5 and C6 to be exact. Stable fractures. I’m not paralyzed. My hands were a question mark there for a minute but the human body is incredible and so are HUMANS,” he wrote.
The first video (third slide) in Nev’s post shows him lying flat in a hospital bed with a neck brace on. Meanwhile, the fourth photo shows an X-ray scan of his neck bone. A fifth slide shows the back of Nev’s swollen neck with a vertical, stitched surgical cut that was bruised.
Additional slides in Nev Schulman’s reveal show him standing up with the assistance of hospital employees and walking unassisted in the hallway. In the majority of the footage of himself, he’s wearing a neck brace.
“I’m lucky to be here, alive, standing and hugging my family, projected to make a full recovery. And I’m really starting to understand the meaning of gratitude. For the big and little things before the accident, and now everything moving forward,” Nev Schulman added.
One of the photos Nev Schulman shared showed his wife flashing a small smile while lying in the hospital bed next to him. Laura Perlongo and the ‘Catfish’ host share three children, seven-year-old Cleo, five-year-old Beau, and two-year-old Cy.
On Sunday, Laura shared a video she sneaked of Nev lying in bed with their kids. She captioned it, “He’s home.” Footage in Nev’s post showed that all three kids also visited their dad at the hospital.
A second Instagram Stories post shows Cleo describing a homemade feel-better card and singing Chumbawamba’s ‘Tubthumping,’ which is about getting “up again” after getting “knocked down.”
As mentioned, in his broken neck reveal, Nev Schulman described his family bonding Sunday.
“I went fishing with my family on Sunday. It was incredible, my son’s idea. One of those days that just work. We found an available boat (thank you captain ben!) and caught all kinds of fish, most of which we threw back because they were too cute. Especially the puffer. It was magical. A day full of love and wonder in the way only calm days in nature with family can be,” Nev wrote in the caption of his carousel post. Monday was not a day like that.
Schulman added that his accident gave “weight” to having that time with family. “It’s true what they say; life can change in an instant,” he wrote.
See a photo of Nev Schulman’s kids below.
