URNotAlone

Special Request

September 3rd, 2007 4:54 am MDT

September 3rd, 2007

I hope that this is OK with the kind folks here at URNotAlone. Even if this can only stay here a couple of days. I want to make a small request to all who may read this little note. It's simple, make a donation to the MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association). This is a cause that is close to my heart. For several years I was a LPN working for a home health care company. I was pretty much fresh from nursing school with not a lot of experience in the field. It wasn't long before I started working with muscular dystrophy patents. Now, they say that as a nurse you're not supposed to get too close with your patents. If you have any heart at all, it's impossible not to get close to your patents and their families. I also got to know the MDA very well. I saw first hand their dedication to helping people with muscular dystrophy. I also got to see first hand the devastating effects of the disease. I watch helplessly as this disease took the lives of its victims. I found out, during that time, that the government contributes mere pennies of each budget year for medical research.

In the years sence the time I did home care, there have been great advances in the care and treatment of neuromuscular diseases. We still need to find a cure. A few months ago, I lost an aunt to a muscular disease. It can strike down any one from young children to seniors adults. For more information, please go to the mda.org web site. And PLEASE make a donation.