Medical - I can't handle the tooth!
Donation protected
Replace my missing front tooth!
My name is Amanda Swafford. I am a disabled single mom of a 12 year old boy and I work only part time.
When I was 6, I lost both of my front teeth in a bike accident the first week both my teeth came in. My dad was so poor he had to take me to Baylor dental school... More ongoing trauma... skip forward to 18 years old when I smiled for the first time and I had the current (former) teeth put in. Fast forward 18 more years and BOOM fried chicken bone takes off my tooth at the root, now we have the current toothy grin.
I have no insurance (most doesn't cover cosmetics anyway) and more importantly to the dentist, no money.
The procedures I need just for this one tooth (extraction, bone graft and surgical implant) are going to cost 5000 dollars.
If I had money like that I would have replaced my glasses when they broke 2 years ago and started a savings account for my son to go to college or buy a car to drive his blind mom around.
But I need to buy a front tooth now.
...all I want for Christmas is my front right tooth!
if you know me, smiles and laughter are my two coping mechanisms to deal with my uncurable blinding eye disease. Maybe one day I can ask to be funded to help my vision, but for now can you just help me smile?
My name is Amanda Swafford. I am a disabled single mom of a 12 year old boy and I work only part time.
When I was 6, I lost both of my front teeth in a bike accident the first week both my teeth came in. My dad was so poor he had to take me to Baylor dental school... More ongoing trauma... skip forward to 18 years old when I smiled for the first time and I had the current (former) teeth put in. Fast forward 18 more years and BOOM fried chicken bone takes off my tooth at the root, now we have the current toothy grin.
I have no insurance (most doesn't cover cosmetics anyway) and more importantly to the dentist, no money.
The procedures I need just for this one tooth (extraction, bone graft and surgical implant) are going to cost 5000 dollars.
If I had money like that I would have replaced my glasses when they broke 2 years ago and started a savings account for my son to go to college or buy a car to drive his blind mom around.
But I need to buy a front tooth now.
...all I want for Christmas is my front right tooth!
if you know me, smiles and laughter are my two coping mechanisms to deal with my uncurable blinding eye disease. Maybe one day I can ask to be funded to help my vision, but for now can you just help me smile?
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Amanda Swafford
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Asheville, NC
