To the attention of:
Barack Obama, US President;
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HELLO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND FIRST LADY MECHELLE, FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY WHAT AN HONOR IT TRULY IS IF YOU REALLY READ THIS LETTER PRESIDENT I THINK YOU ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB, AND MECHELLE YOU ARE REALLY CLASSY I LOVE IT, ALONG WITH YOUR TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS. I AM 50 YEARS OLD I HAD FOUR CHILDREN TWO DAUGHGTERS AND TWO SONS, I CAME FROM CLINTWOOD VIRGINIA A POOR MINING TOWN ONE HOUR FROM THE COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER LORETTA LYNN,S HOME, I WAS RAISED JUST LIKE SHE WAS I WAS BORN A COAL MINER,S DAUGHTER ALSO,IN 1986 MY SON OF THREE MONTHS AND FOUR DAYS OLD PASSED AWAY FROM SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME ON MY DAUGHTER,S BIRTHDAY, WHICH TURNED MY WORLD UPSIDE DOWN, IN 1988 MY SECOND DAUGHTER WAS FIVE MONTHS OLD AND I GOT SPINAL MENINGITIS AND ALMOST DIED,I MARRIED AND DIVORCED AS I MADE A MISTAKE AND MARRIED HIM TO GET AWAY FROM HOME.OVER THE YEARS WE MADE IT IT WAS HARD AT TIMES BUT IT BROUGHT ME CLOSER TO MY CHILDREN IN 1998 MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY ON MOTHER,S DAY, MY ONLY BROTHER PASSED AWAY IN THE SECOUND WEEK OF JUNE IN 1998, ALSO MY OLDEST SON SIXTEEN YEARS OLD PASSED AWAY DUE TO PROLONGED Q T SYNDROME IT RAN ON HIS DADDY,S SIDE OF THE FAMILY HE HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK, HE ALSO HAD ADHD AND A LEARNING DISABILITY, EXACTLY ONE YEAR TO THE DAY HE PASSED I WAS IN A MANUAL WHEELCHAIR DUE TO MILD RHUEMATOID ARTHRITIS, I HAD BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MT FEET AND LEGS FOR A YEAR, I TOOK ALEVE UNTIL 2007 AND IT NO LONGER WORKED, I ASKED MY DOCTOR IN MARCH OF 2007 ABOUT PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR ME BUT HE SAID IT WOULD DO GOOD,IN AUGUST 2007 I WAS NO LONGER WALKING AND IN A POWERCHAIR WITH SEVERE RGUEMATOID ARTHRITIS IN ALL MY JOINTS, IN FEBRUARY 2008 MY DOCTOR THEN PUT ME IN PHSICAL THERAPY AND I WENT FOR YEARS UNTIL THEY TOOK ME OUT OF AQUATHERAPY.AS OF TODAY I CAN NOT WALK AND HAVE NUMEROUS CAREGIVERS INCLUDING MY TWO DAUGHTERS TRYING TO REMAIN IN MY OWN HOME MY CONDITION MEETS NURSING HOME CRITERIA BUT MY MIND DOES NOT AND FORTUNATELY I HAVE WONDERFUL CAREGIVERS.IN 2003 I SCRATCHED MY RIGHT ANKLE AND GOT GANGRENE IN IT AND WAS HOSPITALZED FOR ONE WEEK, IN 2005 ON AUGUST 18 I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE FLU, IT WAS NECROTIZING FASCITIS IN OTHER WORDS A FLESH EATING DISEASE AND I DIED THREE TIMES DOCTOR PEYSER TOLD MY DAUHTERS AND MY FAMILY TO MAKE MY FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS BECAUSE I WOULD NOT LIVE AND IF I DID I WOULD BE IN THE HOSPITAL THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AND IT WOULD BE A MIRACLE IF I CAME OUT, AS YOU CAN TELL I GOT MY MIRACLE I SURVIVED AFTER ONE MONTH IN THE HOSPITAL, THREE MONTHS OF HOME BEDREST AND ONE YEAR AND A HALF OF BANDAGES AND TAPE. IN 2007 I GOT SALMONELLA POISIONING FROM MCDONALDS AND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FIVE DAYS, IN 2010 I FELL AND RIPPED MY RIGHT VAGINA LIP AND HAD TWENTY STITCHES PUT IN.THE DOCTORS CALL ME A MIRACLE WOMAN THEY SAID I AM SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD FROM THE NECOTIZING FASCITIS BUT I AM A FIGHTER AND THAT IS WHY I AM COMING TO YOU, TODAY I LIVE BELOW POVERTY LEVEL OF 674.00 A MONTH ON S.S.I. PAYING ELECTRIC WATER GAS PHONE AND INTERNET WHICH ARE NESSACARY AS I AM HOMEBOUND, I ALSO LIVE IN A OLD HOUSE BUILT IN 1954 I WOULD LOVE TO BUY AND LET HOUSING PARTNERSHIPS FIX IT UP NEW HAVE ONE OUTSIDE RAMP HERE.I RECIVE HUD BUT YET I DO NOT QUALIFY FOR A LOW INCOME APARTMENT BECAUSE THEY SAY MY INCOME IS TOO LOW BY THE TIME I GET PAPER PRODUCTS AND PERSONAL NEEDS I HAVE NOTHING, I AM BEHIND ON M,Y WATER BILL AND OUT OF PROPANE GAS TO SHOWER AND COOK WITH AND USED ALL MY RESOURCES, I HAVE NOT HAD A NEW WARDROBE AT ALL NO MONEY FOR ANYTHING, I GET 1O4.00 IN FOOD STAMPS A MONTH WHICH IS A SMALL HELP I AM GRATEFUL BUT I STILL HAVE TO EAT FROM CHURCHES AND FOOD BANKS.THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES I HAD TO CANCEL MT DOCTOR,S APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CAN NOT GET ME THERE, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION HERE WILL NOT TAKE ME ANYWHERTE BUT TO THE DOCTOR WHEN THEY CAN,I CAN STILL SEE AND DRIVE BUT I AM IN DIRE NEED OF A MINIVAN HANDICAPPED SO I CAN DRIVE, ALSO I CAN NOT SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH MY CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND I CAN NOT SEE MY 74 YEAR OLD FATHER WHOM I REALLY MISS, MOST OF ALL I CAN NOT EVEN VISIT MY SON,S AND MY MOTHER,S RESTING PLACES TO PLACE FLOWERS BECAUSE OF NO TRANSPORTATION I AM ASKING YOU TO PLEASE HELP ME WITH A VAN A HOME AND MONEY A GRANT EXTREME HOME MAKEOVERS ANYTHING PLEASE THAT WOULD BE THE BEST CHRISTMAS OF MY LIFE MY PHONE NUMBER IS 757 221 8368 IN CASE I GET FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE YOUR HELP, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND CONSIDERING MY REQUESTS GOD BLESS YOU MERRY CHRISTMAS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. TERESA.
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