Help Austin Family Overcome Medical and Financial Crisis

Hello, I'm a native Austinite, born in October 1951, I'm 73 years "young". I've been working since I was 10. A Morning paper route (5am) for the Austin Am.Statesman American-Statesman for 5 years.

I've helped raise 3 sons, two I delivered myself at home! I had 12 houses at one time before life knocked me down! (A car wreck, disease, & divorce for me, plus Crohn's disease made my middle son give up a baseball scholarship & drop out of college 18 years ago; he's still dealing with the disease now. His prescription RX is $12,000/month! That's not a typo!!! He's been in the hospital over 50 times! One time it was for 30 days & nights getting chemotherapy for CMV. He's on disability, $1,078 a month. Try living on that these days!!! My socia

security is $1,652, which barley pays the mortgage. Anyway, his medicine costs put me in bankruptcy to keep from losing our house to foreclosure! The latest challenge is the air conditioner/heater (it's a heat pump) died!! The 1st estimate is for $9,000!!!

I have no savings and my son needs to go in the hospital again. I'm begging for your HELP!