Hey Brad,
They do have many obstacles to overcome but we know firsthand here that 
miracles do happen and they still exist!  I will keep praying for them! 
Great to have you back!
Virgie and Hoshi
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From: "B Dunse" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: brad?


> Jen and everyone,
>
> I don't want to get "to posty", or would that be "going postal"? I don't 
> know but I'll keep me posts to a minimum here. I haven't talked to Andy in 
> a week or so and will be calling him later today. My mom talked to his 
> fiance, nice girl, and this is the general situation with their family.
>
> I'll try to make this abridged but there is quite a bit going on.
>
> First Andy is coming home today in fact and he is jazzed about that one. 
> They are meeting with a surgeon in a week or so to work out what happens 
> from here with his surgical needs and etc. So that is good. The bad thing 
> is they are in severe financial issues. They are being evicted from their 
> apartment because Heather, his fiance, isn't able to hold a job with the 
> trips to the hospital and her own health issues, plus their sons issue 
> which  I'll tell you about. They had a benefit for him which was put on, 
> how shall I say here in open internet, ill prepared and questionable end 
> results, let's put it that way. I expected that they would raise thousands 
> towards even just the Flight For Life bill of $5000 which general 
> assistance will not pay, but I understand they received $1200 or so. Now I 
> believe they are plenty grateful, but my heart just tore in shreds when he 
> told me that last week. There was a young man in our area who had a 
> benefit done for him and they raised $37,000 for his medical bills. So you 
> see my disappointment. I wish I knew of a way to help, but I don't live in 
> the area there and trying to do something here  in my area would not work 
> in a big way cause no one knows him from Adam. He has had some pretty good 
> pain in the shoulder due to arthritis setting in, but I think will be 
> doing better mentally now that he is out of the facility. They were not 
> working with him as much as they said they were or would. They doubt he'll 
> be ever be able to drive again due to part of the brain that was damaged 
> was in the back of the head which deals with judgements, his long term and 
> short term memory as well maybe affected. Of course this is barring any 
> touch from god. They have some family dynamics going on dealing with... 
> well they were suppose to receive $200 for travel expenses, it was given 
> to a member of their family and they never passed it on and kept it. That 
> is infuriating to me, and the person who kept it is the one person  you 
> ought be able to rely on in life if you read me. so that too has to 
> potentially do with a low benefit result, no one knows. It was handled 
> very poorly. I tried to give last minute advice/wisdom to Heather but she 
> has got too much on her plate. She herself has been pretty much diagnosed 
> with Krons Disease, an intestinal disease for which there is no supposed 
> cure. Although I have a book for her by a Christian dietitian who beat 
> that wrap through faith and diet. The Maker's Diet, you may have heard me 
> say something about it before. On top of that their son who had a surgical 
> op to  correct  a lack of a soft spot as an infant, needs to go in again 
> as they nicked a nerve which controls the eye movement and has a lazy eye. 
> Probably not a super high risk surgery but an op nonetheless and I'm not 
> sure the overall risk really. I'll find out more hopefully today. So they 
> need prayer for health, finances, direction how to handle all the 
> challenges they have before them. Thanks for your continued prayer. I'll 
> update yawl as  things progress. Overall though Andy sounds pretty good 
> although I know he was having some depression but hopefully he is patient 
> and looks at things positively.
>
> Brad