Thursday, December 10, 2009

Mother's chronic illness drains family funds

Thursday, December 10, 2009
By Mercury staff
The Pottstown Mercury

Dahlia and her husband Ron have been struggling for years to support their two children ages 4 and 8.
Even though Ron has held down a steady job as a customer sales representative for 12 years, the family can barely make ends meet. Dahlia's health problems and the related medical bills have left them with touchy finances.
Their troubles started about seven years ago when their son, Jude, was only a year old.
Dahlia, an immigrant from Cambodia, began experiencing mysterious medical symptoms that made it difficult for her to walk. She visited her doctor, who, unable to make a diagnosis, sent her to a team of specialists in Philadelphia.
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