A Belfast teenager has been left in critical condition following a collision last Tuesday.
Dillon Irvine suffered over 200 breakages after the incident and is currently on a ventilator at the Royal Victoria Hospital as doctors assess whether they can save his hand and foot.
A GoFundMe page has been set up for the young man to try and raise money to help Dillon and his family on the long journey ahead.
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The 18-year-old from Belvoir was riding his motorcycle home from work on the Houston Road when he collided with a white Ford Fiesta.
Dillon was airlifted from the scene.
His aunt Michaela Irvine said her nephew now faces a long battle to regain his health.
She said: "The doctor working in the Royal said she'd never seen injuries like it.
"He's still critical on the ventilator. He's still sedated. He hasn't been awake since last Tuesday.
"He's going to have multiple surgeries. They're not even sure how many he's going to need. He has a long road ahead.
"They had to do heart surgery where the crash had impacted.
"And he might have to get a skin graft on Thursday because he still has quite a lot of multiple wounds."
Doctors are working hard to ensure Dillon is stable enough to bring him around, at which point they will try to assess if he has suffered any injury to his brain.
Michaela said the family have been trying to make sure Dillon's mum Jannette, brother Scott and girlfriend Samantha have enough support.
"It feels like it's happening to somebody else. It doesn't feel like it's happening to us," she said.
"My sister [Dillon's mum] is the only one that's allowed in, so she's running up and down to the hospital.
"She feels it more as she's been the only one that's allowed in with him."
Friend of the family, Allison Breadon, set up the fundraising page for Dillon and has spoken with Dillon's mum Jannette.
Giving an update on Dillon's current condition, she said: "They've put rods in his femur (leg), they've put rods in his arm.
"His shoulder, all they can do with it is to leave the wound open and keep washing it out.
"They've said he's going to need moved to Dublin or Glasgow, and he's going to be in hospital for at least six months, but they're just taking it day by day to see how it goes."
Allison said she was shocked and hurt when she heard the news, as she had known Dillon throughout his teenage years.
"He's a wee darling. He really is, a wee lovable rascal," she said.
"The whole community has come behind him, we've raised £1,100 already, but it'll be a drop in the ocean compared to what his mum and the family will need."
Michaela said she was overwhelmed by the generosity shown to the family by people donating to the fundraising page and that Dillon's mum Jannette had paid tribute to the work of the Air Ambulance team who helped him.
"I just want to let everybody know that we do appreciate it and to say thank you from us all."
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