Support of Isaac Craig’s family.

Hey guys, thanks for getting this far and listening to Isaac’s story. Means the world to me.

A few days ago, my stepfather passed away after battling complications for over a year following an e-scooter accident.

Edit: his condition after the original accident has no confirmation that it was direct reason leading into his death just for 100% transparency. I don’t want any negative reflection on the other party that was involved.

A young driver ran a stop sign and hit him while he was testing a new tyre he just put on my little sister’s e-scooter

(after this accident) The last year of his life, he was almost completely bedbound, he did have a wheelchair but it wasn’t used often as he was in such pain and discomfort. He couldn’t leave the house as it being an old Queenslander style home with stairs, made it almost impossible to comfortably get him up and down. Isaac and his wife Lisa were stuck on waiting for handicap support assistance approvals to make the home accessible (a chairlift, handicap bathroom/toilet).

While Isaac and his wife were in talks about getting handicapped accessible renovations to their house, nothing was finalised and put in place during his last year.

He also had some scheduled sessions for physical therapy, which he was able to attend somewhat. Which lead to him having some hope in the ability to have some more mobility, but a lot of those appointments were frequently cancelled on him at the last minute.

He spent most of his days alone in his room (while his wife was at work and his daughter at school) watching TV. The smallest things would bring him joy like hearing the kids come and go or having conversations that he never wanted to end. It was his way of holding on to normalcy. My mum, working full time to keep the bills paid, who somehow managed to look after him being his full time carer aswell with little to no assistance. He was basically placed on a waiting list for handicapped assistance services with no clear end in sight.

Watching him slowly deteriorate physically, emotionally, mentally was heartbreaking. I found out later that on that his really bad days, he would lock his bedroom door because he didn’t want my mum or his daughter to see him like that. Especially on the days when his therapy got cancelled, he was slipping further into depression.

Eventually, the stress caught up to him. He suffered a heart attack and cardiac arrest (not a direct link complication to the previous accident) while in bed just after telling my mother he was having a mild anxiety attack. He was without oxygen to the brain for an estimated 24 minutes.

He was revived and rushed to Townsville Hospital, placed in ICU and then the long, painful wait began. After about a week, doctors determined he had little to no brain activity. No oxygen to the brain is very dangerous with usually worst case scenario around 6-8 mins with no cpr/defib. His was estimated to have no oxygen to the brain for 24 minutes with assistance (cpr) but likely hood of him pulling through was very low.

Last Saturday, my mum had to make the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support after being told he was in a vegetative state.

Now, just days later, we’ve found out that my mum is possibly losing the family home. (Edit the house payments are now on hold while a solution is being discussed)

whatever funds are raised will be given all to his now widowed wife will go towards house expenses, cremation expenses, daily expenses of his daughter/wife & any further bills that will ease the cost of living during this sad moment in their lives.

If donations do come, all of it will be given to his widowed wife and she will use it to best herself and their daughter Rebecca’s current financial situation.

I will give an update to any Major cost e.g Isaac’s cremation transaction once it’s paid. The rest is up to Lisa Craig Isaacs wife, to decide how she sees best to use the funds to support her and their daughter together Rebecca.

She has no idea about any of this (now she does) but I do know this will make her happy cry and to be relieved that even though it’s not all the pressure, at least some is taken off her shoulders.

edit: My mother is now aware of this campaign (no longer a surprise) as the support has been overwhelmingly substantial! Thankyou to everyone who has helped so far. ♥️