Hi my name is Jo and I'm fundraising for my little brother brendan. Brendan was a fit 46 year old bricklayer until he had a bleed to the brain causing a Stroke in July 2023. He was left paralysed on his left side and it was discovered that he has had a large haemorrhage to the right side of the brain. After spending three days on the accute stroke ward at the local hospital he was transferred to Kings College Hospital for potential brain surgery. At least he was now in the right hospital if he required surgery to stop the bleed. He suffered from extreme headaches to the point where he begged the doctors to drill holes into his skull to release the pressure.

He spent 3 weeks at Kings College Hospital in the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit, being fed through a tube and catching a bad chest infection so bad he I was in and out of consciousness for days.Towards the end of the three weeks the tube was finally removed as he regained the ability to swallow and they started a very small amount of physio. He needed to be hoisted in and out of bed and they struggled to get his blood pressure under control which resulted in very little therapy sessions. After the three 3 weeks he was repatriated back to a hospital closer to home where he was transferred to an acute stroke ward to continue his recovery but unfortunately he continued to receive very little therapy. He was then transferred to the neurological ward. Here he then caught COVID of the nurses and was in isolation for 5 days before he returned to the ward. After another few weeks there he was finally transferred again, this time to a specialist rehabilitation ward where the lack of therapy just continued due to daily blood pressure drops around the same time in the morning when his therapy sessions were scheduled for rather than scheduling them for a time they knew his blood pressure would be okay normally. After a few weeks there his foot became very swollen and he complained of pain and numbness, but this was at first disregared by the staff. After a another few days he finally had a CT scan which revealed a blood clot in his main artery in his leg. He was then told that he needed emergency surgery straight away to try to safe his leg and that he might still lose his leg or die. He was then rushed to the theatre at 9 in the evening for a lengthy operation to safe his leg and his life. There were complications as he developed compartment syndrome and they had to cut his calf open on either side of his leg to release the pressuresafe his calf muscle. This resulted in two big scars from the knee down to his ankle. The wounds had to be left open for days until the sweeling had gone down before they were able to stitch them up under local anaesthetic a few days later. He spent the next week and a half in intensive care and the high dependency unit. After that he spend another few days on the vascular ward before he was finally moved back to the neuro rehabilitation ward where he continued to receive very little therapy. Bredans spent 5 months in hospital and since he's been sent home at the end of Decemer he has been housebound due to access issues outside of the property and because of that the request for a powered wheelchair has been declined since they are unable to get it into to property. He has since been living in the living room in a hospital bed with no access to a bathroom or any other parts of the house which is not helping with dignity and emotional wellbeing.

This GoFundMe page is to help Brendan and his partner with the much needed move or adaptations to their current property but more or just as important to help support them with Brendan's recovery, physically and cognitively. His goal is to become completely independent again. Getting back to being able to walk and moving his arm so, we want to be able to supplement any NHS care with specialist treatment for his severe spasticity, pain, rehabilitation to get him walking as well as therapy for his upper limb and subluxed shoulder. Due to his financial shortfall they are currently unable to move to a much easier accessible property since they can't borrow any additional money on their existing mortgage or borrow money to adapt the existing property so Brendan can live a more independant life during his recovery journey, as well as being able to cover the other cost for his ongoing rehabilitation needs, electric wheelchair, suitable car, etc.

Sadly all this leaves Brendan financially vulnerable and his road to recovery will take many months or possibly years meaning he will not be able to work for a long time.

This is a massive life changing event that has affected both of them so much and turned their lives upside down. We want to make sure that they are well supported, financially and emotionally during his recovery journey so they at least do not have to worry any longer about the financial impact and Brendan can get some immediate independence and much needed socialisation by being able to get out and about, attending GP and dental appointments and also being able to have some much needed dignity and comfort like having access to a bathroom. Things we all take for granted until your life just changes from one minute to the next. Also getting private physio, hydrotherapy etc. Brendan and his lovely partner don't live near family so they're isolated also, just because they can't get out. I'm sorry for the lengthy page but really needed to get across how this poor guy is existing. I love my bro and would be so humble for anything you can contribute. Much love and peace x