Hi,
Welcome to June 2010. Chris' therapies are going great new ideas and things to try are getting him more into the therapy than I thought possible this soon after returning home. Finding the right therapists after having the best in Ponoka was a chore but we have come close and Chris is making up lost ground because of the unorganized and hastily, unorganized and poorly arranged transfer back home.
G.F. Strong is lending us some environmental controls and helping us to get this rolling, speech is working on Chris' swallowing and taste as well as trying to use the controls once in place. Physio has some great ideas and really is excited to work with Chris and it shows in Chris' responsiveness to her and his participation in all of his sessions.
Anyone who can say that rehab does not help after a certain amount of time has obviously been misinformed and not educated enough to make decisions or in fact has never worked with brain injured people in a productive way. Always looking to decrease therapy for anyone is a no brainer as we all know as things get better and stronger the need for therapy increases and never decreases.
I think a debate on TV with some of Fraser Health’s officials and or people from the Ministry of Health would be quite enlightening either in showing the shallow depth of training or that in fact its the dollar that rules all and not the injured person's best interest at all. Perhaps some day in the future we will be able to see the benefit to people, society, family and the reduced burden on health care by increasing therapy, making people better and stronger and not draining the all so precious health dollars.
I will have to keep a close eye on the people at Fraser Health and the Health Ministry as I know their intentions were anything but what has turned out. They have been doing what is needed as I have requested with a little pressure.
I will be paying attention to every detail and request made by anybody that has any thing to do with Chris' recovery detail, documenting it all, as a lot of people do not see things with clear glasses or take each case on its own merit and will always be trying to sabotage the efforts I have worked years for.
The buttons you talk of being pushed are still there waiting, in fact over loading. As I see it you have to have enough damming evidence to make your point hard and clear, but I hope I never will have to. Moving forward in a positive environment for Chris and other individuals with a brain injury is the most important thing at this time as long as we have this and the cause for brain injury moves forward each day, I am happy and we all should be. I will keep you all informed if the train starts rolling off the track. All of you that read and pass along the information regarding Chris, and the injustices done or tried play such an enormous roll to help to make those responsible for rehab accountable, you all have become a big part in what has become some what of a movement and we will move on.
Thank you to all the Doctors, Nurses,Aides, support staff, BC health workers, Alberta health workers, health workers in the rest of this country who have written in support, all of Chris' family, friends as well as the many, many, people from BC, Alberta and the rest of Canada who have become a part of our support group, this includes all of the great people from Ponoka for being so dedicated, professional and just plain human beings with big hearts that really care. If only I could instil just a bit of this into our health system here what a different world we would have.
There will be “Dr. Christopher Adam Bigelow Society for Brain Injury” shirts available very soon I will post the details when they are available. All proceeds will go directly to the Society.
Thank you all again so much for the support, concern, caring and love you send. I share it all with Chris and he is aware of all that is going on around him and of the tremendous amount of support out there. He shows it every day by fighting against all odds that makes him that human being we all grew to love and respect.
Bye for now,
Kevin
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