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Lea's story
As a beautiful 10 year old, Lea has a big heart and a very big
and beautiful smile. But Lea suffers from an Anxiety Disorder and
other issues such as ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
so she struggles to be a normal healthy child.
Neither her mom nor her dad have the almost $5,000 to cover the
additional costs of what is needed for Lea's emergency dental surgery.
Regular dentists have refused to work on, or with Lea to get her
dental problems take care of, because of her Anxiety Disorder and
other issues. Lea can't control her panic attacks and gets extremely
agitated and very upset whenever she gets put into a situation that
she feels she can't control. Lea gets physicall ill and overwhelmed by
fear during these episodes and there is no one, including Lea herself,
that can calm her down until she is ready to do so. It can sometimes
take hours for Lea to stop worrying about the situation and return to
a sense of normality.
Without the immediate surgery to fix her current dental
problems, Lea may loose some of her adult teeth, meaning that not only
her future dental care will likely be very costly, but she may get
very ill due to the unhealthy condition of her gums. If the surgery
is done now, some of the dental issues she may have in the future, can
be avoided.
A deposit fee of $500 must be paid up front just to reserve the
surgical room. Which Lea's parents can't afford. The day of the
surgery mom would have to pay about $1,800 before the surgeon
would perform the procedure on Lea's teeth.
Mom's insurance only covers a small percentage of the total
costs. The payment plan to the pediatric dental surgeon would be over
$1600 per month for 3 months, and if not paid, would go directly to
collections. With the wages that her parents make, they haven't got
the luxury of having the $500 for the deposit , the $1,800 to get the
procedure started, or the extra money that needs to be paid back over
the 3 months.
Lea's parents have tried everything to obtain assistance to pay
for the surgery through available means and have no one else to turn
to... And no choice but to ask for your help.
Please help Lea get back her smile.
Thank you in advance
for your kind hearts and your donations.
A concerned family member
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