Friday's late evening Post

It’s now later; never new so much chaos would transpire from this morning until this afternoon, lots to talk about.


Got a call from the contact at Fraser Health this afternoon from the same contact who told me their doctor wrote a letter to “themselves” asking for an extension to June 4th. This letter supposedly was to cover the floundering ministry officials who could not figure out how to put a rehab program together or how to pay for it. So after three and a half months of not figuring it out, they asked for directions from the professionals in this field that deal with this rehab day in and day out and are successful at it.

In fact they asked several times what they had to do; then they decided to do nothing, yes just nothing.

No conversing with me or the doctors at Halvar Jonson or listening to their own neurologist in Surrey, mainly because they all told the truth and no agenda to fulfil and would not give what the ministry was looking for, the ok to bring Chris back and stick him in an extended care home.

When they realized that the Minister of Health had made statements that were so far from the truth I imagine they all ran for cover so they didn’t have to tell him to keep his mouth shut about things that are far above his ability to comprehend.

So from there they went behind the backs of Chris’ family making candid calls to doctors and therapist making inquiries to see if they would agree that if they just provided the bare essentials of rehab would that do. None of the true professionals would by into their behind the back tactics and so the waiting turned into another few months without decisions or living up to the commitment the Minister of Health said he could provide.

Just two weeks ago this same person at Fraser Health told me their new doctor had written a letter asking for an extension so they could have more time to put it together. At this rate we should have bought a house in Ponoka?

It took a month and a half after this request and still no answer, from what I can make out from all the calls made to different people with different questions was that they just could not put a simple rehab plan together that would be comparable to HJC.

During this time someone above these puppets in the ministry of Health, decided to call HJC and ask what they were doing, and got the response from HJC, we are “waiting for you to get your act together” another embarrassment for the health ministry. When they were told what the cost was for Chris being there (you would think they would know they have been paying for a year now) they decided to just bring him home as fast as possible with no regard for planning. This is what provoked this call today to tell me they were bringing him home on April 26, 2010 with no plan.

As he put it, I have some great news “they have approved funding for a bed for Christopher at Connect and are going to move him on April 26, 2010”

This is the same person that two weeks ago said they would need the extension to bring it all together? He and Fraser health people all heard the Connect facility say they needed four weeks minimum and would prefer six weeks, so the transition would be smooth and seamless and in fact this same person reiterated this to me just two weeks ago. How can you have trust when these people can not be honest, can not make a commitment, will not follow direction of the professionals with degrees in their field of study and know best as how this should be handled?

It is more the conniving and underhanded way of trying to circumvent the truth then bend and twist it, respect comes from a degree of trust and honesty, it is hard to get once lost. I believe most people in health care deserve our trust to do the right thing. But I am afraid the Minister of Health and most under his command do not deserve nor will they get mine from here on out until they earn it back.

A question for all of you how trusting would you be if your family member or you had to trust these people to do the right thing for you. I think not as far as you could through them. This is just the opening round; I do hope they are prepared for the can of worms they are opening.

These are the same people that have taken two months plus, just to tell me that funding for a bed was approved. The same health ministry people that denied extensions for no reason, then set deadlines that even they could not fulfill, the same ones that after numerous reports and professional advice by some of the leading doctors in this field decided to ignore all of them and bring Chris back to BC with no plan and yet again they rise to the occasion, moving ahead without a plan or purpose, ignoring yet again the professional advice that was provided not once not twice but several times. As it turns out no one who works for the Ministry of health or Fraser Health has the knowledge or the foresight to put together that this information forms all of what is needed for Chris’ future. I think if one of them or their loved one was in the same situation it would be different or maybe their health coverage covers them in the US.

This whole time, over the last five months, all of the dragging out and all of the stalling that was going on, was so they could work in the background behind my back, not being honest and upfront with the professionals at HJC so they wouldn’t question why it was taking months and months to finish what was supposed to be a week long task. Instead they were busy trying do down size the therapy and care instructions that the experts at HJC have given them several times as well as a couple of phone calls and to top it off a teleconference with me then a teleconference with the people at HJC back on February 10, 2010

This person from Fraser Health insisted that Dr G had talk to their doctor and told them that the care required was actually lessoning since we had the teleconference. I talked with Dr G at HJC yesterday he was in the dark and asking me if I had heard anything yet from BC as he hadn’t.

I was unable to get a firm commitment from him on the length of time this facility will be given to Chris for his continued rehab. Nor was I able to get a straight answer from him as to what funds were available to provide rehab therapy similar to HJC as the Minister of Heath said we had and would provide for Chris. The Minister Kevin Falcon went on to say they would do what ever the recommendations of the health care professionals that have brought Chris this far over the last13 months. This now seems to have been forgotten by the Health Ministry.

I guess they are all still high on the Olympic dream. Dreaming seems to be a favourite pastime of this and several ministries.

So at the moment we are trying to squeeze Chris’ departure into a two week slot because of a knee jerk reaction. A time frame that all had agreed was not do-able, it has not allowed for planning or thought of process, no therapist’s in place no written commitment to as how long we will have access to this house, no therapists have been contacted or interviewed. Lets throw more money aimlessly out the door when we do not have enough to look after our injured in the first place, not one person agrees with this, not even the facility Chris will go to.

This place supposedly will be used until we are ready to handle all of it on our own. Something ICBC has managed to stop for the last two and a half years.

This facility has said they need 4 weeks to prepare and be ready and to get therapies in place and make all of the arrangements.

I was told by the person from Fraser Health today that everything will be ready, but can not tell what it is that will be ready, no details, no direct answers to my questions as to how long or how much is available for therapy or if therapy is still in their plan, no answers, only that they think they only needed a portion of therapy that was told to them but couldn’t tell me who or where that decision was made from. Now want s confer with their doctor again and further info from HJC Christ it just never ends.

If I ran my business like this I would be broke and have no customers. Instead I have to deal and listen to these people and now I am broke, both financially and in belief in our system of honesty.

The dishonest, misleading, inept, unprofessional way of dealing with the very people you serve as a public employee. Does this all come naturally, I hope not, it must be the system you work for that produces all this chaos?

If so then you choose to be a part and propagate the unfairness and inapprehensible way in which people are treated.

I certainly hope all of you who work for the government, ICBC, Fraser health all remember that one day you will be in this situation, will you be looking for a person that will lie and mislead you or would you like to be treated with respect, honesty and truth. You would think it would be common sense, but once in a public sector job obviously all of that is given up, is that a requirement?

Enough for today, I must rethink our position, as I put my trust and Chris’ future in people that said they cared and I believed them, they have sorely let us down. Chris can not defend or speak for himself I will be his voice and spirit and I will fight every minute of every day to make these people accountable for their inaction.

Bye for now,

Kevin