Dana
> My birthday is the 27th (Dec.), sooo...
>
> Please ask treasurer to send receipt, don't want to give current
> administration one kopek more than necessary.
>
> I have several organizations to which I regularly donate,
> don't do a lot of ad hoc but, hey, dana's a list buddy...
>
> -Ben
>
>
> > (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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