BURKE COUNTY, GA (WJBF) – Never give up. That’s the message one man shared from the start of his health journey when a rare case of bacterial meningitis turned him into a quadruple amputee.

With the Burke County Sheriff’s Office as the driving force, Christopher Grubisa moves closer to getting back to his normal life – with the construction of a new home, a community effort through volunteers and a Go Fund Me account. 

We first told you his story in March. Christopher Grubisa’s parents came forward then to share how their son came in contact with bacterial meningitis and lost all of his limbs.

“Don’t take everything for granted.  Hands. Feet. Don’t take them for granted,” Grubisa said in May.  And now, he’s still just as humble. “If I can make someone happy in the day, I’ve done my job.”

This part of his journey includes a cast of supporters.  Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams is one of them.  He launched the project to build Grubisa a home.  

“We’re up to $76,000.  We need another $50,000 to complete this project,” the Sheriff said. 

John Highsmith, owner of Highsmith Building Services Inc., shared with us blueprints for the home.   “It’s a little closer to the ground to make it easier to access.  The doorways are wider.  We added a little extra room in front of the toilets and in front of the vanities just to make it easier to maneuver around,” he said. 

Sheriff Alfonzo Williams assembled a group of key people at the home, still under construction, on Poole Melton Road in Blythe.  

Grubisa was there with his wife, Amber, and his parents Nick and Sandra.  He recalled the day that his life changed forever back in October 2017.

“I went to sleep one night and wasn’t supposed to wake up the next day,” he said.  “You don’t never know.”

Highsmith Building Services broke ground on the ADA home January 18, Christopher’s 33rd Birthday.

• Build a Home For Christopher Go Fund Me page 

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