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Hi my name is Anita Wilkey. I am the proud mother of two teenage high school boys. i have been raising them by myself almost since birth. I am proud of them both, they have their own very different personalities but share the same deep rooted ethics.
David is a big loving teddy bear that still requires as many hugs as he can get from me everyday. When David was born he was very blue and not breathing on his own. He had to have an adrinline shot to get him to respond. I wasn't able to see him for awhile after he born. He is almost 18 now and is slightly slower to grasp learning new things. He wants to go to tech school after high school to learn either wielding or landscaping.
Joseph is loving in his own way. He doesn't require the open affection that David does. When Joseph was born, about 3 weeks old, he was hospitalized for spinal meningitus. He was later diagnosed with ALL LEUKIMA a month before his 3rd birthday in 2002. He went through 5 1/2 years of chemotherapy and had radiation to his brain. The radiation has stunted his growth some.
Joseph is an honors student at Lebanon High School. He is in honors history and science. he plans on going into the medical field after high school, nuclear medicine. With all of the time that he has spent in the hospital he grew to love medicine and cooking.
I had to rent a car on May 5th to take Joseph to St. Louis to have 9 teeth removed, that is a 2 1/2 hour drive from where we live. I couldn't get him into a dentist that would work on him where we live because of his medical history. All of the chemo and other medicines he has been on in the past have really took their toll on his oral health.
I can't afford to rent a car for all of the appointments required to get Joseph's mouth back in shape. It costs me a $200 deposit and $67 a day for a car rental. That is to much for me to handle.
Joseph is required to go to St. Jude's in Springfield MO for regular check-up's for his Leukemia and the possibility of other cancers forming from the years of chemo and radiation. At this time he is due for another check-up.
All funds raised will go to the purchase of a good, reliable car and registration, insurance, taxes etc..... Any leftover funds will be put into a savings account for college for both David and Joseph.
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