New years Eve

Hello,

Wish I felt more like jumping up and yelling Happy New Year but somehow this government of our has sucked the life out of me. Chris's lawyer seems to have given up some time ago in fighting for his rights or making an argument for his staying, it seems if it takes work, he does not want to tackle it.
Changes are in the works.

I am finalizing the Society we had to get in place in order to be eligible for home care funding, something his lawyer was to do but will not, nor will they cover the cost of putting it together. It looks like the lawyer’s inability to secure an advance from the insurance company and bring our plan together is going to carry on for some time now. It has been over two years and not a penny advanced, I have tried to covered all the costs up until now with it causing stress for me and Chris. With the trial likely another two years away we will have to raise approximately $250,000.00 to allow for the care and rehab we will have to provide until it is settled.

What isn't used for rehab will go to altering our home to make it safe and secure for Chris' care hopefully we can put that together in quick order. My mistake was thinking that a lawyer hired to look after all aspects that could arise from such a disastrous situation would in fact do that, which is not the case.

Just so I can air my disbelief in the job done or not done. I would like to say that this same lawyer told me that after approximately six months and based on police reports and ICBC investigations there was no case to pursue.

Basically enough money from ICBC to cover care costs for about three years then nothing!

I took it upon myself to investigate the car, the accident scene, government paper work and endless days examining the site of the crash. I was able to bring all of this together with evidence and records from freedom of information. Even though this was all done by myself I still had to convince this lawyer that the case was unbelievable. I now see a lawyer running with a lawsuit that promises to be very rewarding and yet the day to day needs of Christopher are going unfulfilled because we cannot access any of this money or assistance.

If anyone has suggestions on how to finance or fund the shortage until we get through this very tight time I am all ears to looking at a plan. I could also use some legal advice to several questions I have not been very trusting as of late so again if any of you know of a trustworthy lawyer who can be upfront and honest and who doesn’t waiver from day to day on issues I would be indebted for that contact information.

Any advice or information you don’t want to post to the site you can email directly to drbigelow@shaw.ca and it will be kept confidential and I will be the one to access it, Thank you.

Did not mean to go on, but the frustrations build and build and there is never a place to vent so here I am doing it. I know I cannot do everything that is required, but I will give every free minute to do whatever it takes to make right. I also know Chris has a lot of friends and supporters who may be able to shed some light through their experiences or give some advice on how to get through all this red tape.

The time has come where changes are happening and to move forward means pressing on to secure what is needed.

Chris’ therapy has been on holiday mode for the last week and will be until the start of next week. His pool sessions and Physio has been taking up the bulk of his time as so many are away on Christmas holidays. Physio has been so great filling in extra slot of time where openings have been left missing therapists.

Christopher and I are wishing all of you a very Happy New Year.

Drive safe, have fun, don’t drink and drive.

Thanks everybody,

Kevin