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Conner's Medical Expenses for Multiple Sclerosis

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My son, Conner, was recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 13.  It has been a very long year of many doctor appointments to find out exactly what was going on.  He was admitted to the hospital last January for 8 days when he became numb on his left side, had issues with his speech and balance.  Over the course of the year, he has developed  at least 14 lesions on his brain.  He is getting ready to start his treatments, and hopefully this will slow progression.  It has been a very big financial burden on my family (I also have 2 beautiful daughters) between doctors bills and constant trips an hour away to his doctors in Omaha.  Lately, we have been going to appointments weekly at minimum.  The money would go directly to helping us reach our deductibles, which reset in January. The treatments are extremely expensive, and we have been blessed with help from the drug manufacturer in the cost of the medication itself. However, it costs a little over 8,000 just to administer the medication to him.  The treatment is similar to chemo treatments. They are all day infusions, an hour away.  Plus repeated MRI's to monitor that the drugs are working and that he isn't developing new lesions.  
This has been a very difficult process for my whole family.  And while I'm so excited (and scared) to start treatments, I am so concerned with how I am going to continue to pay for the cost of this for the rest of his life along with all the other bills to take care of my family.  I hate to publicly ask for help, but at this point I don't feel like we have many other options.  Thank you for taking the time to read this. Conner is an amazing young man and a fighter!  We just need prayers and a little help along the way. 
For more information about MS go to www.nationalmssociety.org

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Brandi Root
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Lincoln, NE

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