The Kish’s

It is with great emotion that we write this current reality. Kevin, Mel and Lauren need our assistance as they journey through Kevin’s diagnosis of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).  ALS is a Motor neurone disease (sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and is a chronic, progressive, neurological disease (https://www.als.ca/ ). 

This news is still relatively fresh, as it has yet to be a year since the original diagnosis. A long story short is that upon their return from Australia last spring Kevin was having some odd symptoms, one of which included shortness of breath and what they thought was probably some nerve issues in his leg. In early July 2018 they received the diagnosis. Since then, they have been working tirelessly to navigate their new reality as it is changing regularly as the disease is progressing.

We are devasted this is happening to Kevin and his family, and we have been asking how we can support them through this time. We also realized that there are many family, friends, colleagues, and neighbours that are likely unaware of their current life challenges.  Therefore, it is with reluctance that the Kish’s have given us permission to share this news in the hope to ask for monetary assistance to help the family build a stable foundation for his home care.  

As of today, Kevin’s current state is requiring the need to incur immediate expenses for significant renovations to their home to accommodate his loss of mobility. The goal is to outfit their home appropriately and safely to ensure the ultimate comfort for Kevin and the ladies to enjoy their days ahead – in their own home. Any contributions to this group will assist with renovations, mobility aids and other medical equipment and requirements he may need in the near future. 

We are devastated this is happening to Kevin and his family and we all want to do whatever we can to ease this strain on them – so if you are reading this and plan on sharing this fundraiser; share with any friends, colleagues and supporters of the family – please also share with them that at this time the Kish’s respectively request their privacy and request not to be reached out to beyond normal communication as they are still adjusting to the day to day challenges of this disease.

We encourage you all to leave a message here in this group in which the Kish’s will be able to see and be able to get back to you when the time is appropriate for them.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to reach out to one of our fundraising team members as we will be on hand to  the family directly during this next while. We will use this group to share updates about the family and appropriate progress reports on the household modifications.

Thank you for your time, generosity and hope as we work to support this amazing family in the journey ahead. 

Sincerely,
Christine, Nikki, Mark, and Pat