COMMUNITY support has helped a Central Fife family come to terms with a very unusual condition which has left Trevor Nelson unable to walk and confined to a wheelchair.

Trevor, 56, and wife Irene, who are from Kelty, were shocked when he went into hospital with suspected pneumonia, but soon found that his system was deteriorating as medication was posing issues.

He suffered organ failure and muscle nerves deteriorating to the extent that he struggled to move at all, and it saw him spend 13 months in hospital.

It meant problems for his family trying to make home life seem normal as possible, at their Netherton Gardens base, but some amazing donations has seen a new extension built at the home of Trevor and Irene at number 77.

With Trevor having worked at Rosyth Dockyard for many years as a crane driver, the fund started to create the extension received £25,000 from an MOD charity. He later worked in the agricultural industry and the RASABI charity contributed £8,500, with the Kelty Wish Foundation also making a donation of £2,500. The total was completed by a contribution of £1,000 from Cowdenbeath Rotary Club.

Trevor said: “I cannot thank people enough for the charity donations, the extension has made life so much easier for me and my family.

“I find it very difficult to move at all due to the damage caused to my muscle nerves, so the special bedroom and wet room has made a massive difference to my daily life.

“I would also like to thank BMD Contracts Ltd, from Cowdenbeath, for their efforts in completing the extension in only a few months, it has made a huge difference to our lives.”

His wife Irene added: “It was the strangest situation to see Trevor fall ill, and then over a matter of days see his condition deteriorate dramatically.

“For someone who was so active to lose all mobility was very alarming.”

Having been hit with this terrible change in his life Trevor is still very upbeat and hopes that his health can improve: “I have had my voice affected by the muscle deterioration but I have not given up hope that perhaps some aspects of my health can improve in the future.”

Cowdenbeath Rotary Club was happy to help Trevor’s charity fund and president Yolanda Hilton delivered the cheque last midweek.

She said: “What an impact this situation has had on Trevor and his family, but hopefully things will get a whole lot better for the Nelsons in the coming months.”