Steve here. I’m writing for my partner Dannette. We have a real problem here. Dannette is currently in the hospital. I took her when I came home between shifts to find her with a razor blade. Yes, some of the problem is depression but the real problem is that we are both realists. We can’t actually afford Dannette’s treatment. Dannette gets $600 a month in disability for her autism and I make about $1600 a month as a waiter and that is it. As most of you know after rent and fuel and food expenses this leaves us with very little money at all – maybe $400 a month if we conserve. Dannette’s treatments cost up to $4000 a month. We can’t afford this and will never be able to afford this. Neither of us has family or friends who can help – her family disowned her and I have one brother who refuses to help and two sisters who are poorer than we are. So what I really need to know is if any of you know of any programs – government, corporate, private that might be able to help us? Please let us know. Yours in desperation, Steve. |
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