A couple of folks in our Mountaineer family are in need and I wanted to share their story here in case some people wanted to help.
First a little background…
I frequent a WVU sports message board in my spare time and ran across a rather interesting post today. It wasn’t your typical sports related post – it was from a father asking for help. Both he and his wife are WVU grads and like so many WVU grads they now live outside of the state. I don’t personally know this guy and he didn’t ask me to tell his story here, but I felt it was worth sharing regardless (I hope he doesn’t mind…I assume he won’t).
His daughter was born with Goldenhar Syndrome, a craniofacial syndrome. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t a clue what that is, but, hey, it just sounds bad. His daughter is only 9, but has had multiple surgeries in her short life and will need many more. I could go on, but the entire story can be found here.
2 years ago and I may not have shared this story. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not a grinch, but my life has changed. I am now the proud parent of a 14 month old child. Good grief, he is the best thing in the world! I can’t imagine my life without him and I certainly couldn’t imagine him with medical issues. I also can’t even begin to imagine what this family has gone through nor do I even want to think about it.
Anyway, if you have a free minute and have an extra couple of bucks stop in and read their story and try to help if you can.
