1/5/2020 – Click on See All next to Updates below to see our Dad and Papa’s progress to date.
When you walk your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble. –
Proverbs 4:12
On August 2, 2018, our Father & Grandfather; Arnold (Ralph) Brown, the family patriarch, retired KCMO Fire Captain, and entrepreneur, suffered a stroke at home. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a spinal cord infraction that left him a paraplegic (paralysis of the legs and lower body). After a year of hospital stays and rehabilitation facilities, our father and grandfather continues’ to work daily to regain function and mobility, along with increasing his independence and quality of life. While he has experienced some movement in his lower body, his long-term prognosis remains unclear.
Arnold has always been active and athletically inclined. He loves sports, swimming, and traveling. Despite the physical challenges he now faces, Arnold is determined to have a full and productive life. He looks forward to revisiting church, social and community involvement.
As you can imagine, the cost of our father and grandfather’s care and recovery are extreme. Even with insurance, which provides only minimum recovery support to a stroke, not to mention a spinal cord stroke, we are facing many out-of-pocket expenses, such as home and vehicle modifications to accommodate his wheelchair, ongoing rehabilitation therapy, prescriptions, and full-time home health care. As we continue to care for him at home, we need your support now more than ever.
Donations to Help Hope Live, a 501© (3) organization can help us ease the financial load that
we face as a family and give our father and grandfather the chance to live his life as fully as possible.
We chose to fundraise for Help Hope Live in part because Help Hope Live assures fiscal accountability of funds raised and tax deductibility for contributors. Contributors can be sure donations will be used to pay or reimburse medical and related expenses. To make a tax-deductible donation to this fundraising campaign, click on the Give button. And please share this page with your community so they may also consider a donation.
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Help Hope Live
Note in memo:
In honor of Arnold Brown
Mail to:
Help Hope Live
2 Radnor Corporate Center
Suite 100
100 Matsonford Road
Radnor, PA 19087
For more information, please contact Help Hope Live at 800.642.8399.
Thank you for your support!
