Support Paul's mission to walk again

Goal:

 CAD $100,000

Raised:

 CAD $11,208

Campaign created by Kira Barrett

Support Paul's mission to walk again

Imagine waking up one day and being a prisoner in your own body. You can only move your eyes, you can’t walk, move, speak or even swallow. Your mind is functioning fine and you can feel everything, but you can’t communicate your wants, needs, or feelings. This all happened in a moment and with no warning. Your team of doctors inform you that you will never walk, talk, or eat again and they offer you assisted suicide. What would you do? Most people would give up, but not my brother, Paul. This happened to him in December 2022 at only 50 years old. Paul suffered multiple strokes due to an extremely rare auto-immune disease. While most people would consider this a life sentence, he refused to believe the diagnosis and made it his life’s mission to prove the doctors wrong.

Paul has had to relearn how to do everything from breathing on his own, swallowing, and communicating. When he began communicating again, he could only do so by blinking his eyes as we read out letters one at a time. He learned to be very effective in his communication as it took so long to communicate just one word. After a lot of hard work, he can now have full conversations in quiet environments. He learned how to swallow and eventually had his feeding tube removed and can now eat just about anything he wants. Paul has been working extremely hard in physiotherapy and he is able to stand up with a walker for three minutes!

Through his strength, tenacity and refusal to give up, Paul has gone from the ICU, to a rehab clinic and he’s now in a nursing home and going to physio three times a week. He has shocked doctors at what he has accomplished so far, but he still has a long way to go. This journey has taken its toll on his finances. He pays for physio out of his own pocket, and it’s been costing him almost $1600/month. He also has to pay over $2100/month for his housing (at the nursing home) as well as all other usual expenses. He can no longer work and his critical illness coverage will be ending soon.

Paul is one of the most determined and inspiring people I have ever known. I have no doubt that he will walk again. I also know that he won’t be able to get there without extensive physiotherapy. It has come to the point in Paul’s fight where he needs your help. If his story has inspired you, if you want to see him walk out of the nursing home, if you want him to feel you cheering him on, please help by donating to this campaign and spread the word! Much love and God Bless you all.


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Mike and Joanne
$ 200.00 CAD
3 days ago

JacekGosia
$ 400.00 CAD
15 days ago

Anonymous Giver
$ 50.00 CAD
18 days ago

Hope you get better soon don t give up!

Shirley Caron
$ 100.00 CAD
20 days ago

You’re a warrior Paul, so proud of all your accomplishments

Anonymous Giver
$ 95.00 CAD
22 days ago

Keep up with the good hard work.

Anonymous Giver
$ 100.00 CAD
1 month ago

Andrew
$ 100.00 CAD
1 month ago

Keep fighting!!

Doris
$ 250.00 CAD
1 month ago

Dear Paul, keep on fighting! Wishing you all the best and lots of strength. Doris x

Anonymous Giver
$ 43.00 CAD
1 month ago

Lâche pas Paul tu n'est pas seul!💪🤘

Anonymous Giver
$ 100.00 CAD
1 month ago

Charis
$ 50.00 CAD
1 month ago

Anonymous Giver
$ 95.00 CAD
1 month ago

Keep up with the good hard work.

Philippe
$ 100.00 CAD
1 month ago

Anonymous Giver
$ 100.00 CAD
1 month ago

Keep up the good fight Paul. I wish you speedy and steady recovery.

demeni13
$ 75.00 CAD
1 month ago

Wish you all the best Freaky. Missed Freaky Friday.

Anonymous Giver
$ 100.00 CAD
1 month ago

So glad you're doing better! Keep up the fight!

Gino
$ 100.00 CAD
1 month ago

fight, fight, fight

Stacie Savyman
$ 50.00 CAD
1 month ago

joevespi
$ 110.00 CAD
1 month ago

Keep up the hard work, you'll be back sim racing in no time!

Kelsey
$ 40.00 CAD
1 month ago

Keep fighting and pushing, mate! Hope this all helps :)

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