dogsnbikes
16th March 2007, 21:04
Last month it was four years since my brother killed himself and with some of the threads posted lately I thought I would share his struggle with life and the system with you all ..............short version
how a life changes
year 1988 aged 18 living life full and at the top of his game
he was affected with a brain stem infection being admitted to hospital with flu like symptons he quickely became a vegetable and spent the following 4 years learning how to walk again with the aid of a walking frame and learning how to live again
he brought himself a trike being the keen motorcyclist he always was and know he could never be two up again three was the next closest thing for his happiness
In 1993 going to sisters 20th he was run over by a logging truck while waiting at a intersection and being on his trusty trike he wore the brunt of it having his right leg all but ripped of meanwhile his pillion suffered bruising as a result of this his leg was removed... his left leg had 29 pins and plates inserted ..his arms and hands where bone grafted back together so this was the start of round two for a guy you loved life
over the next seven years he battled for assistanve just to survive he was independant and never took no for a answer (and was always having to be uprighted after a few beers )bless ya bro .........
after trying and trying again he decided if he was too live he had to make money as ACC werent any help (so he turn green finger but ended up burning his house down )but the point being how much does one person have to go thru to get assistance from the system
So Acc decided in 2000 when he was 30 that he live in a resthome was this really the best option for someone whom had been through so much too be surrounded by death on a daly basis after three years of resthome he decided he could fight no more and killed himself believing he was a burdon on the system
we as a family continue his fight as it has cost us darely both emotionally and financal and he was never a burdon too us just a brother and a son he was family
So often think of his life both the struggle he endured and the smile he wore..and that his pain is no more
and you thought you were having a bad day....
PS(bro I know your happy you have found your leg and are with bob and germ...and mr fixit):rockon: bro
how a life changes
year 1988 aged 18 living life full and at the top of his game
he was affected with a brain stem infection being admitted to hospital with flu like symptons he quickely became a vegetable and spent the following 4 years learning how to walk again with the aid of a walking frame and learning how to live again
he brought himself a trike being the keen motorcyclist he always was and know he could never be two up again three was the next closest thing for his happiness
In 1993 going to sisters 20th he was run over by a logging truck while waiting at a intersection and being on his trusty trike he wore the brunt of it having his right leg all but ripped of meanwhile his pillion suffered bruising as a result of this his leg was removed... his left leg had 29 pins and plates inserted ..his arms and hands where bone grafted back together so this was the start of round two for a guy you loved life
over the next seven years he battled for assistanve just to survive he was independant and never took no for a answer (and was always having to be uprighted after a few beers )bless ya bro .........
after trying and trying again he decided if he was too live he had to make money as ACC werent any help (so he turn green finger but ended up burning his house down )but the point being how much does one person have to go thru to get assistance from the system
So Acc decided in 2000 when he was 30 that he live in a resthome was this really the best option for someone whom had been through so much too be surrounded by death on a daly basis after three years of resthome he decided he could fight no more and killed himself believing he was a burdon on the system
we as a family continue his fight as it has cost us darely both emotionally and financal and he was never a burdon too us just a brother and a son he was family
So often think of his life both the struggle he endured and the smile he wore..and that his pain is no more
and you thought you were having a bad day....
PS(bro I know your happy you have found your leg and are with bob and germ...and mr fixit):rockon: bro