Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Keep up the good work!

Thank you to all of Jose's new friends who have been so generous about donating toward his surgery. We are 3/4's of the way to our goal! Only $4,300 left to go. Amazing effort. I really appreciate all who have sent this blog on. The money must be in the bank account of the hospital in New York by next Tuesday.
The phone lines have been busy between NYC, where the surgery will take place, and Lexington, KY, where the COTA office is, on into Tennessee, where Jose is in foster care. Now our fundraising goal looks promising, there have been many e-mails and calls made to coordinate flights to NYC, paperwork, pre-op physicals, the power-of-attorney papers from Guatemala, and the schedules of all three specialists who will be caring for Jose at Roosevelt Hospital. Jose's parents in Guatemala are being kept informed of the big things happening for their son thanks to the generosity of people who have never even met this special little boy.
Stay tuned!

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