I received this from the II MEF Sergeant Major, its valid. Know some of you are former Marines, would appreciate if you could assist.
Sean
Marine Family Needs Your Assistance
Brandon Hall, 13, a right fielder with the Cardinals little league team in Richlands, was playing baseball on June 2. It was the middle of the 5th inning and Brandon was running into the dugout from right field when suddenly, he collapsed at the first base coaches' box.Brandon was taken to the Naval Hospital at Camp Lejeune and at 5:10 the next morning, he was flown by helicopter to Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville where he remains in room 206 of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Brandon was diagnosed with Gliofibroma, a very rare inoperable tumor on his spine at the base of his skull.
Brandon still has an elevated blood pressure and is on a ventilator. Brandon has received two chemotheraphy treatments and eight more are planned. Treatments may continue for up to a year.
Brandon is a rising 8th grader at Trexler Middle School. Because of the serious nature of his diagnosis, he will not be there with his friends when school starts in a couple of weeks. There is some hopeful news. Brandon was able to get out of bed this week for the first time in 60 days and was able to walk with the use of a walker. Physicians also detected movement in his diaphragm which could be coming from the ventilator but they are hopeful that it means the tumor is shrinking and that Brandon is beginning to breathe on his own.
Brandon is a very special boy and we are trusting in God and standing in faith," his dad said. Please add Brandon to your prayer list and pray unceasingly for him and his family.the junior class at Richlands High School, and Christian, 5, who will be attending Richlands Primary School.
Michelle Hall works as a medical administrator at MedCare in Jacksonville. Steve Hall has closed his construction company Halcorp, during his son's illness to rotate with his wife to stay with Brandon at the hospital. This family needs our help and supporters have found a unique fundraiser - Brandon's last baseball trading card on the minor league Cardinals. It has Brandon's photo and stats and would look wonderful displayed in windows of businesses and on desks to show support for this family.
The cards are available for a donation of $10 on e-bay and at The Daily News. All money will go to the family to "cope with the enormous costs to see him (Brandon) through to a complete recovery."
Click here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200248569695&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm37.l1313%26satitle%3D200248569695%26category0%3D%26fvi%3D1 to link to the Ebay purchase page to support this Marine family.
Click here <http://www.jdnews.com/articles/brandon_58684___article.html/hall_booth.html> to read the full story from the Jacksonville Daily News.
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