Dear Johnny:
We have been listeners of your show for a long time. We live in the Topeka area so I am not sure if you can help or not. I’ve listened to your show where you give a hand up to people at Christmas. We are in need of a little help if possible. We are a family of 6 (my husband, myself, three girls and a boy) trying to make it on one salary. I know we are lucky that my husband has a job but his checks can only go so far. The older girls have been looking for jobs but have had no luck as both are in high school and have to work around school. Our son, who is 14 suffers from severe diabetes and the doctors have been unable to regulate him going on 4 years now. I did have a job but lost it due to his numerous hospitalizations and his constant care. He is currently on home-bound services instead of being able to go to school. Due to his illness he is on several different types of insulin, medicine for depression, and medicine for stomach problems that have developed as a result of the diabetes. This does not include the cost of his diabetic testing supplies, the test strips, needles, etc. The cost is staggering. Now his Dr’s are wanting us to go out of state to see more doctors. We are currently 2 months behind on our car payment and a third will be coming due soon. This is the only car we have to get my husband to and from work and our son to his doctor appointments, so we need to get this amount paid or we could lose it. We are behind on our cable bill, if it was for TV only we would disconnect it ourselves, but we have the Internet and phone attached to it also. I use email/phone to communicate with his Dr’s. and my kids need the Internet for their school work. This is our only phone as we do not have cell phones. The utility bills we were able to make payment arrangements but the bill has to be paid on time or they will disconnect so there is no room for playing with the budget with the utilities and the medical costs. We then have to decide between food or paying a bill so we try and do what is best at that time. The three older kids know that there will be no Christmas this year and they are great kids as they are ok with that, they would rather any extra money we might be able to spend we use on the three year old as she has discovered Santa and wants a Barbie. My husband works really hard and he never calls in sick even when he is and I am so proud of him but he feels so bad for not being able to give our kids a Christmas. If you are unable to help we understand and thank you for listening. Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year.
Lisa
How We Helped
Took care of car payment and phone/cable bill
$500 Wal-Mart Card
Gift Card from Cosentino’s Grocery Stores
Who Helped
Cosentino’s Grocery Stores
Mark
Adam
Gary
Chris
Shawn
David
Bill
Mike
Smile
Kelly
Frank
Justin
Becca
Jordan
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