Please help Ken get his health back!

My name is Andy and my best friend; Ken James needs our help right now!

First, anyone who knows Kenny knows that he does not like to ask for help! And this time is no different. However, circumstances have come that have left little choice. So I am reaching out on his behalf so that he can maintain a safe and warm place to stay while he is working extremely hard to overcome the medical issues that have been very detrimental and have become the focal point of which his life has been revolving around for the past 7+ months when he was diagnosed, and even before that when he wasn’t even sure why things were happening.

Kenny was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in August of last year but looking back the symptoms started quite some time before his official diagnosis. The symptoms had been getting worse. When they progressed to the point it was becoming very difficult to do basic things he went to the hospital and had numerous tests including MRI’s and a spinal tap. They were able to see brain lesions and other indicators from the spinal tap which lead to diagnoses of MS. Since August he has been confined to a wheelchair and has become unable to do many every day tasks. Because of the progression, an aggressive treatment is required to help stop and reverse the symptoms.

For the past 7+ months he has had a busy schedule seeing multiple doctors and visiting various testing facilities for everything from MRI scans to simple blood draws. Kenny has been going to physical therapy three days a week trying to regain the strength and mobility MS has taken away. In addition to the mobility MS has taken, it also causes a great deal of fatigue. After a relatively short time of doing things most of us would consider simple every day tasks, its difficult to do anything at all beyond laying down and rest before any more things can be worked on. All of the symptoms being experienced are made significantly worse when there is a lot of stress added. The current circumstances have stress levels pretty much as high as imaginable which in turn causes it to be even more difficult to accomplish things which creates a terrible cycle of symptoms and stress. Having a safe and secure place to live without being in jeopardy of being forced to leave due to ability to pay and knowing things are being taken care of will relieve a huge amount of the added stress which will allow for concentrating on getting better physically and medically, which should be the most important things!

Anything that can be afforded towards a donation will be beyond appreciated.

With increasing expenses including everything from rent to regular bills, to the additional expenses related to medical treatments, all of the funds that had been saved, etc., have been used up completely over the past seven or so months and the situation has become extremely urgent.

It has taken over six months to get approval but the infusion treatments for MS have finally been scheduled! The first and second infusion treatments are scheduled for about a week from now and then two weeks after that. Wont know for sure until after he begins treatment as every individual is different, but the hope is it will stop the progression of the MS and along with physical therapy begin to reverse many of the symptoms.

Please help with any size donation you can afford, any and every amount will be helpful and greatly appreciated! It would also be greatly appreciated if you could take a moment and share this fundraiser on your pages so we can reach as many people as possible!