Boyfriend of The Young and the Restless Star Kelli Goss Suffers Horrific Accident

She didn’t live long enough to become an on-screen Newman, but Kelli Goss – who played Noah’s ill-fated fiancé Courtney on The Young and the Restless – has gone on to have quite a career. Now, alas, some real-life drama has come into her life.

Goss, who has landed a lead role in the Chuck Lorre (The Big Bang Theory) pilot The United States of Al, reports that her boyfriend Justin Wilmers, an attorney, suffered some severe injuries after a snowboarding excursion near Big Bear around Valentine’s Day went awry.

Wilmers is finaly home and on the mend, but he has, per Goss’ Instagram post, five broken ribs, a punctured and collapsed lung, and some bruised kidneys.

“We were originally told it was much worse,” Goss explains, “so having a chest tube put in, being transported by ambulance to a trauma hospital, and having to spend a few days here has been the best case scenario.

“Having the person I depend on and turn to for strength need me to be strong (read: tearless) and to tell him everything is going to be okay when the words ‘life threatening’ and ‘could lead to fatality’ are being used in the room after thinking it was just a few knocked up ribs was something I can’t explain.

“I thank God He gave me the strength to do so and that He kept this guy safe. The scariest day of my life if I’m being honest, but luckily he didn’t know that. We are so blessed this whole thing has taken a better turn and that the doctors found his organs to all be in working order!

“We are beyond thankful for the wonderful care he’s received, our families, friends and everyone who has reached out with well wishes, who have visited, called, brought us outside food and prayed for a quick recovery,” Goss continued. “Please keep them coming so we’ll get to come home soon!”

Soap Hub wishes Wilmers a continued and speedy recovery. You can see both her Instagram posts below. The Young and the Restless airs weekdays. Check local listings for air times.

 

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Not exactly how we expected our Valentine’s weekend to go but we are on the mend! ❤️ @jrwilmers had a bad snowboarding accident a few hours after we got into Big Bear. He wanted to get on the mountain to soak in every minute boarding with his friends but unfortunately “sending it” a little too hard on a jump got the best of him and left him with 5 broken ribs, a punctured and consequently collapsed lung, and some bruised kidneys (and body). We were originally told it was much worse so having a chest tube put in, being transported by ambulance to a trauma hospital, and having to spend a few days here has been the best case scenario. Having the person I depend on and turn to for strength need me to be strong (read: tearless) and to tell him everything is going to be okay when the words “life threatening” and “could lead to fatality” are being used in the room after thinking it was just a few knocked up ribs was something I can’t explain. I thank God He gave me the strength to do so and that He kept this guy safe. The scariest day of my life if I’m being honest, but luckily he didn’t know that. We are so blessed this whole thing has taken a better turn and that the doctors found his organs to all be in working order! Now we’re focused on pain management and making sure his lungs are fully expanding & healing without any extra pressure so we can get this tube out and get outta here! We are beyond thankful for the wonderful care he’s received, our families, friends and everyone who has reached out with well wishes, who have visited, called, brought us outside food (🙌🏼) and prayed for a quick recovery. Please keep them coming so we’ll get to come home soon! (EDIT: we won’t be coming home tonight & will have to be here a few more days…) I know we both are looking forward to a change of clothes, a good night sleep not cramped in a hospital bed together, a home cooked meal and getting to see our sweet Teddi Sue. ❤️

A post shared by kelli goss (@kelligoss) on Feb 18, 2020 at 11:57am PST

 

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We’re home ❤️ He’s not exactly out of the woods yet because he still has a good amount of air in his chest cavity that his body will have to take care of but he’s feeling (and looking 😏) GREAT so we’re all hopeful that it’ll happen on it’s own. With time. Over the past few days, after he got his chest tube out and even after he was put on high flow oxygen, there wasn’t much change in the X-rays of his lungs/extra air pocket but because he’s young, otherwise healthy and has high oxygen saturation levels during his test laps around the hospital we were allowed to go home last night and that is GREAT NEWS. There’s still a lot of monitoring and some check-in’s in our future but we’re so glad to get home (swipe for our new & improved sleeping arrangement 🐶) and to breathe fresh air! 🙌🏼 Also, we have read every message and text and words of support and have been in awe of all the love we’ve gotten over the past week. It has meant so much and been a great distraction while stuck in the hospital. Thank you thank you thank you ❤️

A post shared by kelli goss (@kelligoss) on Feb 21, 2020 at 4:23pm PST

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