Pat attended the final hearing (via conference call) yesterday to terminate the conservatorship that governs his finances. Simple put: The guardianship was over his physical affairs, the conservatorship was over his financial affairs. We have been working on this since before we moved to Idaho almost a year ago.
We are VERY pleased to report that Patrick's request was granted and in a few weeks, we will be managing the money left from his trust fund from the accident in 1993. This means that we can get serious about house hunting very soon (huge sigh of relief).
Pat's conservator and his former therapist both attended the conference call and gave very glowing testimonies of the growth and progress they have seen in him since he started to take an interest in managing his own life in 2006. He has come so far in every aspect of his life. But nothing compared to the light in his eyes today. He truly is his own man now, and you can tell he knows it.
We were keeping everything very quiet because there are some members of Pat's family who are opposed to the steps he is taking to get back on his feet. We were afraid that if we talked about things too much, that they might try to fight things. It wouldn't have stopped things from going through, but would have delayed the process even more and made Pat very upset. Thankfully, if they did cause any commotion, we didn't hear anything from it.
So last night we got to celebrate Pat's independence by going to Flying Pie pizza with some of our family and my aunt and cousins who are visiting from South Carolina. The pizza was SO good and we all ate so much that we almost couldn't walk. After that we went swimming and had a great time.
Yeah Pat, we are SO proud of you. Words can't even express how much you have grown.
2 comments:
What wonderful news!!!! I'm so happy for both of you and so proud of you Pat for how far you've come!
Good luck with the house hunting.
Wow! Such great news! I can't wait to hear what happens next. So happy for you both!!!
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