Dana
> (I figure that will get some clicks)
>
> Anyway... Paul Estares is sick now.
>
> He's this Filipino kid I've been trying to get to medical help. I've
> been making phone calls and sending emails on behalf of his Mom, and
> it seems that she can get discounted care, but not free. No Medicaid
> there. Social services there is saying, well, his case is complicated.
> I am getting this from social service organizations over there too. It
> seems they have decided that keeping him alive costs too much. His
> parents are not rich people. The dad drives a taxi. They live outside
> Manila in a neighborhood where the nearest phone is several blocks
> away.
>
> Paul was supposed to get some lab tests late last year, which had to
> be cancelled when his parents could not come up with the money - 15,
> 000 pesos, which turns out to be $268 US. His Mom wants me to get him
> to the US for treatment, but I figure, first let's just get the tests
> done. Maybe he only needs a different antibiotic. So I am passing the
> hat, here and over at prunebelly.org.
>
> C'mon you guys, let's just do it :)
>
> If he turns out to need more medical care than a change of antibiotic
> then I will make some more phone calls and send some more emails and
> try to get some airline to donate a ticket and find out what he needs
> for a medical visa (unless Tim can tell me). But who knows, maybe
> that's all he needs and we can solve the whole problem right here,
> before the PBSN people even get back to me. I would get some grins out
> of that.
>
> Some cynic out there is probably thinking that I am being scammed. I
> don't think so. I have talked to the pediatric urologist that did
> surgery when he was a baby. One of the doctors I sent email to has
> managed to get the mother on the phone, and that doctor thinks the kid
> needs to get to the States. I don't want use HoF bandwidth to post
> all the emails I have about this, but if anyone would like to look at
> them, I do have all of them here.
>
> I have started a Paypal account for the PBSN Children's Medical Fund,
> under [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul is the current applicant. Should
> the account receive funds in excess of what is needed for Paul's lab
> tests they will be applied to his medical bills if applicable. If I
> wind up with a surplus beyond Paul's medical needs I will let it earn
> interest and use it for similar children. The issue of prune belly
> children in third-world countries, and in the US without insurance,
> has come up before from time to time. I will pay out from the account
> only to a medical facility or pharmacy.
>
> By the way the PBSN (prunebelly.org) is a non-profit organization duly
> registered with the United States federal government, and all
> contributions are tax-deductible as charitable donations from your
> United States taxes. I will make sure that any donor that wants one
> gets a pretty little receipt from our treasurer.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dana
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