Drumming up resources for leukemia patient
Posted: April 20th, 2010, 5:19 am
Alright. There's a local lady whose need came to my attention last night. She was diagnosed with leukemia in November, 2009. She's got a 4 year old who has not one but two diseases of the brain and nervous system (words I can't pronounce or spell or even fully recall) and has already way outlived all doctors' expectations and is in a wheelchair. Now, this mother (who also has an 8 or 9 year old, as I understand) is on Medicaid and will need a bone marrow transplant in the coming weeks or two months or so. She will have it done at UAB Hospital. BUT, to do it will require that she remain in Birmingham for 2 months for monitoring, I'm told. So, she needs a place to stay.
She needs an apartment or something, somehow. She's very poor (like I said, she's on Medicaid). Her husband works, but with all of the problems they have and the fact that these are not highly educated people, their prospects for paying for a place in B'ham for 2 months are very, very insurmountable without some help.
If you know someone who owns, manages or leases apartments or lower income houses (not subsidized, probably, because she probably won't qualify) OR who is involved with a charity in Birmingham, any networking direction would be appreciated. And, above all, your prayers are needed for these folks.
Thanks.
She needs an apartment or something, somehow. She's very poor (like I said, she's on Medicaid). Her husband works, but with all of the problems they have and the fact that these are not highly educated people, their prospects for paying for a place in B'ham for 2 months are very, very insurmountable without some help.
If you know someone who owns, manages or leases apartments or lower income houses (not subsidized, probably, because she probably won't qualify) OR who is involved with a charity in Birmingham, any networking direction would be appreciated. And, above all, your prayers are needed for these folks.
Thanks.