Word: wauconda
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jorie's family is only one of several in this country that continues to worry about raising funds for a child's liver transplant. The Wethingtons of Wauconda, Ill. have a 10-month-old son. Brett, who was born with biliary artresia, a condition which prevents his liver from functioning properly. Last July, in one of his weekly radio addresses, President Reagan asked the country to aid a Texas infant suffering from the same disease. Reagan hoped to locate a liver for young Ashley Bailey. But a lack of transplantable organs is only one of the problems that faces...
...Lisa Hill's fundraising experiment might last long after her daughter's eventual operation. And Wauconda, a town of roughly 6000 citizens, continues to pool its resources for Brett. Even a nursing home there conducted a "Rock for Brett" rocking chair marathon. Yet there are numerous other children around the country who also need help--children who may not live in towns like Wauconda or Geneva, or whose parents may be too distraught or too busy to engage in elaborate fundraising. For parents--and especially for their terminally ill children--certain experiments might be therapeutic as well...