Community Corner
HELP!!! Long Island, NY FAMILY IN NEED!!
Hello. My family & I have been residents of Lindenhurst Village for over 20 years. We are in our time of need. I worked in the Lindenhurst School District for 14 years. I was excessed due to budget cuts. I have Crohn's Disease & Colitis and have had major surgery because of it. We are on one income, a very modest one at that, and have 2 children living at home. They actually quit college to help us financially as best they could. I'm very proud of them. I am asking that you PLEASE post our on-line fundraiser for our medical expenses. It seems only Bill Gates can afford to get sick. We have medical coverage, but it only covers 80%. Dennis, my husband, gets chemo every two weeks. After a 3-4 hour infusion, he has to wear a bottle with a balloon inside containing the "cocktail" for another 48 hours. This costs $30,000. Then he gets disconnected after 48 hours (or when the balloon is empty). A chemo nurse taught me how to disconnect him, so I do it at home (saving one doctor's visit cost). He now as to go to Sloan Kettering anyway that same disconnect day to get a shot to raise his white blood cell count (wbc count has been too low, to many times). This shot is another $5,000. So, every two weeks we pay 80% of $35,000 PLUS doctor visits and blood tests. We are also paying off previous surgeries (5 in total between the two of us). After 6 chemo treatments (we have 2 left) they want to operate on him. They want to do a new "IMMOBILIZATION SURGERY". He will only be a candidate for this if the cancer is centralized to one organ. Currently it is in 3 spots on his stomach. There are questionable lymph nodes on his liver that the pre-chemo tests were inconclusive to whether or not these lymph nodes are cancerous. We are in DESPERATE need of practical help. If you could post this link on your website and possibly donate ANYTHING ($10, ANYTHING) we would be grateful beyond what words can say. I know this isn't exciting, but I know your News Programs MineolaPatch Page is well respected, not only by us, but people around the world. If you would help us get the word out, I believe this would be the help we've been praying for (along with praying for healing). I thank you in advance for your time and pray that you post this link to help our family. May God bless you and your family.
Sincerely, Lisa Rueb Lindenhurst, NY 11757
