Will Traynor gets hit by a motorcycle as he is going to work, this leaves him a quadriplegic. He loses his home and lives with his parents. Tired of the new circumstances of his life, he tells his parents that he would like to schedule an appointment with Dignitas in Switzerland to kill himself. At first, his parents fight his decision, but when Will slits his wrists on a nail sticking out of his cabinet, they agree, but only on one condition….that he give them an additional six months. He agrees. His mother hires a second caregiver to help keep Will Company. Louisa Clark is recently unemployed, twenty-six years old, and has no experience in this field, Will’s mom is praying that she will get through to her son when no one else has been able
