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September 8, 2002

Hello Everyone,

I am still new to the group and working on getting to know everyone.

I have a question but first I will give you my story. My Husband

(Joe) is 29 and suffering from a chronic pnacreatic attack. We went

to the DR on Friday and they believe that he has an infection in his

pancreas. They put him on Cipro and sent him home to rest until

tomorrow (Monday). I am going to email the DR tonight with a log of

Joe's fevers and then tomorrow we will know more. Right now he has

been off of work for 3 weeks and the DR said at least 2 more.

Actully he said he was unable to predict at this time. Here is the

problem. We are a family of 5, 3 smaill children ages 8,6 & 4.

While my husband is not workin ghe is not getting paid. I thought

that his boss would be more understanding, but he is not. My family

has helped as much as possible but that is running low also. Social

services would like to help but, he makes to much money when he is

woeking and we need to go another 30 with no income to get help there.

I am planning a benefit for our friends and neighbors and local

businesses. I am going to write a letter to our local paper and hope

they print it. My question is this, is there any organizations that

help families like us living with CP? Any one that you could put me

in contact with would be great! I have also emailed a letter to my

lcoal United Way office and hope to hear back from them soon. My

husband is determined to get through this attack and get back to

work. The DR's seem confident that he will be able to, they are just

not sure how long it will take.

I hope that someone, some where will be able to put me in touch with

the right agency.

Thank You,

& Joe Ring in land

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