Re: Phone call

Dan Vachon (drv(AT)ici.net)
Thu, 07 May 1998 19:54:48

At 01:28 PM 5/7/98 -0500, Valerie Brew-Parrish wrote:
>Hi Annette & everyone else interested in the Christopher Reeve
>Foundation. What a morning I've had trying to ferret out the info all for
>nothing! There is NO MONEY FOR BACK-UP VENTS!

Here's something I saw on a Maxim Bily post.

>Christopher Reeve's life has a before and an after
>
>Dinitia Smith - The New York Times
>
>..................................
>.........Reeve acknowledges his wealth has made it possible for him to get
treatments >not available to ordinary
>
>patients. He corresponds with many families whose insurance coverage has
ended and sees himself as a spokesman for their plight.
>
>He pays for a backup ventilator because his insurance company will not.
``The machine costs $3,600. I have that,'' he said. ``But what about people
who don't?''.........
>

Maybe Chris was having a brain cramp when he spoke on the Larry King show
about providing free back up vents.

Dan, hoping not to loose his.