Another story I have followed... and as a father this just breaks my heart. Have you ever wondered how 30 seconds of your time, and not a s...
Another story I have followed... and as a father this just breaks my heart. Have you ever wondered how 30 seconds of your time, and not a single dime of your money, could help change someone's life? Meet 6-year-old Alexander Moses -- or , as his brothers call him, "Xan." Jennifer Moses moved her sons from Louisiana to Pittsburgh, hoping the doctors at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC could diagnose the strange symptoms that are changing Xan before her eyes. "I know time is running out for him," Moses said. "I know it in my gut. I see it. I'm watching it happen." The family now lives at the Ronald McDonald House, where every day, a rare neurodegenerative disease takes another part of Xan away. He has had surgeries, scans and genetic testing. All his doctors know is that the boy's brain is degenerating, but no one knows why. Online support helps keep the pain bearable. Xan's biggest wish is to get 1 million Facebook fans, and to read the sweet well-wishes of strangers who manage to take his mind off the pain ravaging his body. One million is a big number, but the little boy is confident. "I think I can do it," Xan said. As of 3 p.m. Friday, his page had almost 40,000 likes. As Moses watches her son slip away, there's little that the young single mother can do, and even less that she can say. "I love him the very best that I can, with all that I have," she said. "Every minute that I have him, I 'snuggle bug' with him at night. He cuddles up next to me and holds me and puts his arms around me and talks about what's going on with him, and I soak it up. "I want him to know that he's made me a better person, that he changed my whole life just by being in it." ****************************************** #financial_support_div{ display:none; position: absolute; width:300px; height:140px; margin-left: -150px; margin-top: -70px; /*- half of width and height */ top:50%; left:50%; padding: 5px; opacity:0.9; filter:alpha(opacity=90); z-index:1000; background-color:#000; color: white; } .close_box{ background: gray; color:#fff; padding:1px 3px; display:inline; position:absolute; right:1px; margin-right: -13px; margin-top: -13px; border-radius:3px; cursor:pointer; border: 1px #000 solid; } $(document).on("click",".close_box",function(){ $(this).parent().fadeTo(300,0,function(){ $(this).remove(); }); }); Loading the player ... Less
