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Money for research and awarness
As many of you know, from other wishes, I suffer from a rare disease called sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory autoimmune disease. There is no cause and no cure. We don't know how we get it, but something enters our bodies and starts attacking it. If you are lucky, you go into remission. If you are like me, you become chronic and the disease progresses. We are currently presenting bills to Congress, our various legislative leaders, and to the DOD. We apply for any grant that we can and we are constantly trying to educate ourselves, others with this disease and our physicians. |
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A Brand New Tattoo!
My Wife has More Tattoo's then I do. |
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Family Needs Help! Premature baby born 14 weeks early .....
We are a newly married couple who trying to get on our feet with a small family. I surprisingly became pregnant last fall. Unfortunatly, my pregnancy was very comlicated with a blood imcompatibility problem which required me to have to have extensive medical care including our son having a need to have blood transfusions in utero. During the last transfusion he had was so sick and anemic that his heart began to fail and he was delivered by emergency cessarian on March 6 at 26 weeks gestation. He is currently in the NICU of a Children's hospital where he will be for at least 3 months. He is very sick and so small! He is on oxyen, breathing support machines, IV's and tons of medicines. Yesterday we were told that he may soon need to have open heart surgery for his Patent ductus artery that did not close at birth. I am not able to work anymore as we also have 5 year old twin girls at home, and I am trying to be at the hospital with the baby and take care of the family at the same time. I also ended up in the hospital again last week for an infection aquired during the baby's delivery so I am not well and so worried about our situation. We have mounting expenses for travel to and from the hospital as the hospital is 45 minutes away, as well as all of the unpaid medical and co-pays. We are very much in need of a second reliable vehicle that could fit three car seats. My husband is originally from Peru and works very hard, but he does not make much money to support all of us on his own. I am afraid we will loose our house in all of this and not have a safe clean place to bring this sick baby home to. Please help us! We really are in need of some miracles! I beg of all of you to think of us, and please send prayers for our little boy. |
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The cost of the Breast Cancer genetic test to be paid
I was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 29 years old and 8 months pregnant with our second daughter (the first was 18 months old). The breast cacner genetic testing is for a mutation with the BRCA 1 & 2 genes, which causes brest cancer and ovarian cancer. My insurance has turned down my request for them to pay for it, and with all of our other medical bills, we just can swing $3100. I have been to a genetic counselor who at the time of meeting with her stated that she has never had an insurance company turn her down. Lucky me gets to be her record breaker. |
