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To all members of PCD and the Cars Community, I have a request... Eli Davies, a member of our Cars community, and his family are going through a situation with their son, Ethan... While you can read more about it at:
http://www.takefiveaday.com/2013/03/...comment-223671
I'd like to share some of the details here...Quoting Eli about his son Ethan:
“Long story short… My son has Batten Disease. He was a normal, above average kid through age 2.5, then seizures started. After a year of testing they finally found the bad gene to confirm the worst. Battens is a neural-degenerative disease that has basically had my son regress at the same rate that he initially grew, meaning that right now, 2.5 months from turning 5, he has about the ability level of a 3 month old. Ethan’s fave things were all things cars which is why I now collect. Just over a week ago the doctors told us that Ethan has anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to live, of course adding that they are often wrong with estimates.”
“We would like to be able to give away Lightning McQueen & Mater diecasts at his funeral as a sort of memorial token. I can’t afford to pay retail for what I would imagine could end up being hundreds of cars as Ethan and our family have a very large support network.”
“So here is our current idea: We would like to gather a number of McQueen’s and Maters with your help along with the members of T5. Which McQueens or Maters they are does not matter, packaged or not does not matter, but we would prefer them to be in great shape if they are loose. Assuming we get more than we can give away, we will give away loose first, then donate any extra packaged cars to Nathan’s Playroom, and any loose cars to local day-cares or pre-schools. My son’s address is (same as mine, but we will address them to him):”
Ethan Davies
7725 Mustang Lane
Lino Lakes, MN 55014
Please keep Ethan and his family in prayers... and if you're able to support by sending any Mater and McQueen, I encourage you to do so... for those of you outside the US who would like to help out, I can pick up some McQueens at local stores on your behalf... I'm going to go through boxes this evening and send a package out to Ethan early next week.
You can read more on Ethan's Caring Bridge page:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ethandavies
Please help Ethan share his love of Cars with others.
Chris
http://www.takefiveaday.com/2013/03/...comment-223671
I'd like to share some of the details here...Quoting Eli about his son Ethan:
“Long story short… My son has Batten Disease. He was a normal, above average kid through age 2.5, then seizures started. After a year of testing they finally found the bad gene to confirm the worst. Battens is a neural-degenerative disease that has basically had my son regress at the same rate that he initially grew, meaning that right now, 2.5 months from turning 5, he has about the ability level of a 3 month old. Ethan’s fave things were all things cars which is why I now collect. Just over a week ago the doctors told us that Ethan has anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to live, of course adding that they are often wrong with estimates.”
“We would like to be able to give away Lightning McQueen & Mater diecasts at his funeral as a sort of memorial token. I can’t afford to pay retail for what I would imagine could end up being hundreds of cars as Ethan and our family have a very large support network.”
“So here is our current idea: We would like to gather a number of McQueen’s and Maters with your help along with the members of T5. Which McQueens or Maters they are does not matter, packaged or not does not matter, but we would prefer them to be in great shape if they are loose. Assuming we get more than we can give away, we will give away loose first, then donate any extra packaged cars to Nathan’s Playroom, and any loose cars to local day-cares or pre-schools. My son’s address is (same as mine, but we will address them to him):”
Ethan Davies
7725 Mustang Lane
Lino Lakes, MN 55014
Please keep Ethan and his family in prayers... and if you're able to support by sending any Mater and McQueen, I encourage you to do so... for those of you outside the US who would like to help out, I can pick up some McQueens at local stores on your behalf... I'm going to go through boxes this evening and send a package out to Ethan early next week.
You can read more on Ethan's Caring Bridge page:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ethandavies
Please help Ethan share his love of Cars with others.
Chris
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