Help Brett regain the life he once had through a cutting-edge medical treatment.
Ashburton, Canterbury
My brother-in-law, Brett suffered a stroke in 2015. Since then he has had a further seven strokes which has left him with a lot of issues including epilepsy, chronic fatigue, confusion, memory loss, vision loss, migraines, tinnitus, extreme vertigo, balance issues, and sensitivity to over-simulation.
Brett's a great guy. One of those characters that will do anything for anyone with the only payment having to listen to his dad jokes. He was a renowned hard worker and is an amazing father, and any energy he has goes to his family first.
Brett's been unable to work and support his family over this time. Him, his wife Kylie, and their wonderful 3 kids have been under a great deal of stress and anxiety over the last years - from the initial shock of the stroke to dealing with ongoing issues and seizures.
He's been unable to work and support his family over this time, something that affects him personally as well as his family.
Kylie's been a wonderful sole earner and homemaker, but this is taking its toll too. She'd just love to see his quality of life improve.
There's a good chance she can.
Brett has been approved for a new treatment, Perispinal Etanercept, which has had great results for 1000s of sufferers. See here for details: https://www.strokebreakthrough.com/. Although the drug is approved for use in NZ, the application of it for stroke victims isn't. At this stage the only way to get this specific treatment for stroke is in the US.
I'm Brett's brother in law, and beneficiary of some of his dad jokes.
Funds raised will be used on the treatment and accommodation. They're lucky enough to have received funds for flights. We will be using it to go towards the last part of his treatment regardless of how much we get.
Funds will be released to his wife Kylie.
We are home!! 29 November 2024
Hey everyone sorry for the long wait but I promise it’s worth it!
We are extremely pleased to be home after almost 3 weeks away.
Brett has shown excellent improvements after the perispinal entanercept injections(2).
We think he has improved around 30% at this stage with the chance of making more improvements over the coming months.
We are excited for the future and what it may bring.
There are no clear guides with this but some of the people that have done this stayed improved for over 20 years. So we are keeping our fingers crossed for that outcome.
Thank you all again from the bottom of our hearts we wish you all a very Merry Christmas 🫶
Thank you so much
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Thank you Simon very much appreciated. That’s super kind of you.
That’s so much guys, we really appreciate it. Hope you are both well x
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