jacob out of jail

ok, i finally figured out how to start a new thread. I’m not gonna post the update tonight. It’s late or early? and I’m tired so I’m going to bed. But now I know and “knowing is half the battle”. Anyways I’ll talk to you all soon.

Ok I’m back after a good nights sleep. Ok, here’s a quick back ground about my husbands situation. Jacob was diagnosed with GBS in 2001.
His legs went completely paralyzed. He has had 2 other onsets since then. Each one being over a year apart. For each onset, with the exception of this last one he would get the blood treatment and have a virtually full recovery within 4 months.( being able to ride a bike 10 miles a day) Senior Member Jeremy mentioned that perhaps Jacob has cidp, because of the repeated onsets. In July 2006 Jacob was sentences to 17 months for let’s just say “stupidity” That stupidity including 2 probation violations. Jacob’s must recent onset occurred about 3 months into his sentence. He been confined to a wheelchair ever since. The county jail did nothing to assist him. They didn’t even request the records from the hospitals he was treated at. In fact the jail medical staff went as far as to state that Jacob was “never treated or diagnosed with Guillain barre syndrome at either Northside or Bayfront Hospital” Liars! 5 months into his sentence Jacob was tranferred to the state facility. They at least acknowledged his condition. At lot of good that did because, it still took still another 6 months for Jacob to see a neurologist. Apparently his nerves are ok, but his a muscles are severely atrophied. They decided that treatment would not help. Jacob is schedule to be released October 14. First thing is for Jacob to see a doctor and apply for disability(he’s got an appointment on October 17. Then see a lawyer. I’ve been having trouble getting a lawyer agree to take the case, partly due to lack of information, partly due to the medical neglect lawsuit cap being lowered recently in Florida, partly because of the statute of limitation. If the doctor is of the opinion that Jacob may suffer longterm because of lack of medical treatment, that should be enough to prove to a lawyer that it’s a case worth taking. Of course the money wold help. I work 45 hours a week and barely scrape by. The main reason to want to sue them is to not let them get away with ignoring the medical needs of human beings. So we’ll see what happens.