Many of you know Early S Man (Warren Hall) from the Pelican Parts 911 BBS as a constant contributor over many years. Warren has tirelessly given his sage advice to people and helped literally thousands of Porsche enthusiasts. Now he needs our help.

Warren has Cystic Fibrosis (follow this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis). He's been in the hospital many times over the past years fighting off pneumonia and has beaten the odds by reaching the age of 57 years. This stay at St Paul hospital in Dallas has convinced him to finally become a candidate for a lung transplant which can ultimately lead Warren back to full health. Dr Rosenblatt (I believe the lead transplant doc) tells him that his other systems, heart, digestive, etc are in good order and he should be a good candidate.

There are two problems, time and money. The procedure will cost $400,000 to $500,000 and Warren is without insurance. The hospital will not consider him for a transplant or even the screening process to get on the list without the ability to finance it. He has some assets that can be sold to offset 30 – 35% of the cost, but that is not enough to get St Paul’s attention. The next problem, and this is much more critical is time. Warren’s Dr tells them that he expects time will run out for our friend in 3 to 4 months.

His sister Pat recently retired from her civil service job to care for Warren and act as his full time caretaker/advocate. Over the past few weeks, she has been weaving her way through the medical/health care system to find a way to get the transplant surgery paid for. She is currently checking into the Medicare/Medicaid system, bet we fear that the enrollment and qualification process may take too long.

Warren needs your help. Doctors, attorneys, medical case workers or others that know the system or have resources, please speak up and help our friend get through this.

If you have ideas, I can be reached by PM on the board, email (I only have email access in the evening) mark@markwilson.net, or by cell at 214 - four seven eight - 7272 or at work 214 - eight five nine - 6696.

Money

KurtV has agreed to be treasurer for donations to Warren's transplant fund. There is still a lot to work out, but right now, every day and every hour is working against us. Our goal is going to be $350,000 and we need to put this together in 30 days.

There are 45265 members of Pelican Parts Bulletin Boards. We only need 350 guys who can donate $1000 or 700 that will donate $500. Many of us spend that much at the drop of a hat for parts or repairs. Warren Hall has been a fixture of the Porsche community and this BBS from the beginning. He has generously contributed and never asked for anything in return. He's not asking now - I am. I need you guys to dig deep and do it quickly.

The official paypal fundraising account for Warren is kvalent118@gmail.com. Paypal website is https://www.paypal.com/.

Checks can be sent to:

Kurt Valentine
1100 Swifts Hwy
Jefferson City, MO 65109

I'm going to start this by donating $1000 and I challenge you all to give as deeply as you can. Every penny of this will be used for Warren's care. Please help.

Mark Wilson