if you have a few extra coins in your pocket, please go here:

no not computer saavy so don't know how to do the link "here" instead but it still works the same just a little bit on the lame side

http://www.transplantfund.org/Restricted/patient-detail.cfm?pat_id=141&CFID=9233251&CFTOKEN=18210618

for anyone who knows someone who is a diabetic (juvenile type 1), they know it is A LOT more than not eating sugar.

my brother, remember the sweet one I was talking about a while back...John has had many complications from the disease that have worsened through the years. so much that he was on dialysis and eventually received a brand new (to him) Kidney AND a pancreas. and no I was joking, they did not come from an African American, he is extra "tan" from his anti rejection meds.

on a side note EVERYONE should be an ORGAN DONOR!!

so John is my big brother and the good kind, that looks out for his little sister when someone gets her with a little firecracker, who takes the jr high sister and her friend to the mall, and calls her when she is at college, and who she can call at anytime with all kinds of questions like when the car won't work and he walks her through cleaning the battery connectors, and exchange great recieps with and talk about CVS carebucks and makes her laugh, because he is absolutely HILARIOUS!!!

and he is a fabulous uncle, Sammy de Lewis and Nollie la Pollie are excited to see John da Turkey the end of July!!

So since he has had this transplant, he has been unable to work (but is a terrific stay at home daddyO to my neice Megan, although she is 19 and at college, she is still a baby to me, and Joshua age 11) and though he is not a diabetic anymore...still has some health issues associated with a life as a diabetic as well as meds and transplant stuff..yeah I am not the doctor in the family okay!

he was a hard working man before this but has incurred expenses over the years which health insurance does not cover. so if you are feeling a little bit generous....don't hesitate click on that link for John Willson and donate!!!!