Let me tell you all a little story.There�s man that had a son 22 years ago this February. Everything seemed to be going fine and two years later he had a daughter. The son started getting sick and the doctors couldn�t seem to figure out why. The man took his son to several different doctors and finally one of them sent his child to be tested for cystic fibrosis. This mans son tested positive for cystic fibrosis and the prognosis wasn�t good. The doctors told the farmer that his son with the right treatment would live to see maybe 8 yrs old. The man was devastated and wanted to know what he could do to get these treatments. The doctor told the man that the medication alone was going to run between $1200 and $1500 each month. The man runs home and calls his insurance company only to be told that cystic fibrosis is something that a child is born with and being that it was a pre-existing problem, they were not going to pay for it. The man then went to SSI and other state programs just to find that he had to many assets for them to help. So, the man sat down and figured out how to cut $1500 out of his monthly bills. He decided to sell his truck and get a beater. He then did the same with the car. He sold some of his newer farm equipment and bought used to reduce payments there. He was eventually able to figure out a way to struggle and come up with the money to keep his son alive. There had been times when the used equipment would break down and the man would have to fix everything back up to make it last a little longer. This would cut him short on money for his son�s medications. I can�t count how many times this man has sold something dear to him to make up for this loss. He would sell a cow or horse and put the money right back into his sons health. One December things were getting bad. His son was in the hospital a few times for pneumonia and the bills were extremely high. The man had two other children to take care of as well a daughter and a young boy. Not wanting them to miss out on Christmas, the man sold his hunting rifles, firewood, hay and a couple cows. As far as I know he still hasn�t been able to replace the rifles. This is the type of man that would take his shirt off his back to help anyone that needed it. I can remember the neighbor was originally from the city and had a huge problem every time this man would spread manure. The neighbor had gone to town counsels many times, turned this man in for anything and everything he could. One March day, 4 foot of snow fell overnight and everyone was snowed in. The man spent hours cleaning out the driveway and around the barn and then went to the neighbors house and helped clean him out. How many of you would do that? I have seen him show this same kindness to many other people over the years, no matter what they have done to him. This man has no hired hand to help. Till this day he is still paying for his son�s health. He put�s the hay in by himself and does all the other chores every day and never complains. I should know all of this, because I am that man�s daughter. I went to his house the other day while he was struggling with a piece of farm equipment. I asked him why he didn�t come in and look up the problem on the Internet like he usually does, and he said he would figure it out. I came back to see him today and he was still tinkering with it and I asked him the same, he said the same. That got me thinking that maybe I should just check out some of the forums that he goes to. I stumbled across this one. Most of you have been very generous with advice and such. Some of you have judged him and I say SHAME ON YOU!! For those of you that not knowing him and judged him based on your opinions I hope you have enough maturity and humanity left in you to be totally ashamed of yourself. Those of you that accused him of being broke and not making money. Well, he does make money but it goes into his son�s medications. My brother is now 21 years old and I am sure he would of never made it this far if my father didn�t sacrifice for him. His home being a dump? Think again!! Dad works hard keeping everything up. I know my father would not approve of me coming in here and telling you all this. I am just so sick of the way people judge and treat my father. Dad, if you�re reading this, I�m sorry. For the rest of you, before you go and judge someone, maybe you should think that there is a real life on the other end of this connection and it might just be a very decent person. I�m 20 years old now. If you want to run me down or judge me, then please feel free to do so. Leave my dad alone. I won�t mention his name. I�m sure those of you that are guilty know who you are and who he is. [email protected]
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