MS man’s last hope ‘I want to watch my kids grow up’
them,” he said. “My heart breaks when they want to go to the park and play or ask to go to the beach as I know that I cannot actively participate with them.
“I now struggle to walk without falling over and most days have trouble talking.
“I find it hard to swallow, which is scaring me.
Through a gofundme web page, he has so far fundraised $15,000 towards the estimated $80,000 cost of the trip and treatment aimed at repairing nerve damage brought on by his MS.
He said the treatment, a mix of aggressive chemotherapy and transplanting of his own stem cells in a bid to “reboot” his immune system, is only available abroad, but has been successful in the recovery of other MS sufferers.
“There is no guarantee but they haven’t had an unsuccessful treatment yet.”
Mr Bradley said he hoped to recover sufficiently to take an active part in the lives of his son Caylem, 4, and daughter Sienna, 8.
“My little boy wants to go fishing. It’s frustrating with a capital F. I can’t even mow the lawns. I’m 45 but I feel like I’m 90,” he said.
“I want to watch my kids grow up to lead joyful and happy lives, not watch their daddy in hospital, wondering why I can’t be with them.”
To help him get to the US for treatment, go to www.gofundme.com/ourdadshealth