Hi everyone, I am Chad Vivian. Im from Ontario, Canada. I’m a 38 yr old father of two. I was at my son’s hockey tournament.  Walking back to our hotel that evening, I was struck by a vehicle going approximately          80 km/hr. I was revived on scene by EMS and transported by helicopter to the nearest trauma centre. My ankle was reconstructed with screws and plates the next day. I suffered a severe Traumatic Brain Injury and went into a coma. My family was told I may not wake up again, and if I do there is a good chance my mental capacity would be very low. 17 days later I woke up.  I will never be the same again. A couple more months in ICU, and then to a brain rehab centre to work on speech therapy and learning how to look after myself again. To this day, I can’t remember the accident or the days/weeks before. Major surgery on both of my knees. I spent time in a wheelchair and had to learn to walk again. Today, I walk with a cane that helps take the load off my ankle.  Also, I now have major balance issues and I stumble a lot. This really affects my day to day living. I have short term memory issues. I get frequent migraines. I wake up screaming some nights from experiencing flashbacks. I had my license suspended for medical reasons. I will likely never drive again. I used to work full-time to support my fiancé and two kids(that I have shared custody of).  I am deemed as being unemployable. This is very hard to deal with, and takes a major toll on my confidence and self esteem. In the future, my surgeons have said I will require knee replacements.  My ankle needs replaced right now, but because of my age I am not a candidate. To alleviate the pain now, permanently fusing my ankle is my only option.  I am a very proud person and I don’t like to ask for help, but I’m in a rough spot now financially. With interest rates rising, and having to renew the mortgage on the house in November. I simply can’t afford to keep my place on the small disability pension I am getting. A door to door salesmen came by while I was incapacitated and spoke with my fiancé about financing a new furnace & A/C system that wasn’t really needed. Now, they have put a $40k lean on the house as well.  They scammed us big time on it.  I’m in a tough spot. I am going to have to downsize to a small apartment or room.  Not being able to care or provide for my kids hurts more then any pain I have dealt with.  Any little bit you can give will help and be appreciated so much. I really don’t want to lose this place. I want to continue to give my children (age 12&14) every opportunity they deserve. I have filed a civil suit. We tried to mediate a week ago. That was unsuccessful. Now I am told it could be years before I possibly ever see anything. My work claimed they laid me off a couple days before the accident, so I can’t even qualify for Long term disability. That’s another fight. I want to be able to hire a occupational therapist, a physiotherapist, and a PSW to help me, and alleviate some of the stress on my family who looks out for me everyday.  I can’t even get that anymore.  I have always tried to help anyone I ever can. Now I’m asking for anyone “that can”, to please help me and my family. I am very lucky to still be around to share this story. If you can’t help financially, please pass this msg on.  Thank you so much for reading and your consideration.