Make a Microloan for 3-yr old Lil' Joe's Health!

"I added an old picture of Lil' Joe to show the improvements with his eyes and personality. When he was a baby he always had that glazed over look in his eyes...he no longer has that...and HBOT [hyperbaric oxygen therapy] has made a tremendous difference." -- Lil' Joe's mom, Heidi


First Posted On: July 22, 2009

Name: Lil' Joe

Age: 3 1/2 years old

Location: California, USA

Diagnosis: Autism

Loan Sought: $2,500

Loan Needed For: 20 HBOT [hyperbaric oxygen therapy] dives

Repayment Terms: 18 months ($138.89/month).

Other Notes: Lil' Joe's mom, Heidi, writes: "Joe is awesome! He wants to recover...you can tell by how hard he works at all his therapies and at home...all we need to do is provide him with the tools for recovery and we will get there, together.

As soon as we found out about Joe, we immediately got him all the services he was eligible for and then some. Not too long after his diagnosis of autism and epilepsy we started biomedical protocol and a day has not gone by without it and I would like for it to stay that way as he is recovering in front of my eyes.

I need this loan because our health care system in not geared to cover services that are biomedical in nature. And most importantly because we found out while he was young and we started biomedical while he was young, he is recovering and I am afraid that if we stop now, so will his progress.

Lil Joe deserves a fighting chance as do all children who do not have a voice. I am his voice, and I know by looking in his eyes that he wants recovery."

Special Notes: Heidi is a full-time student, and her husband is in the Navy. Lil' Joe's DAN! [Defeat Autism Now!] doctor is Dr. Dan Rossignol.

Reference Provided By: Laura K. and the office of Dr. Rossignol.

To make a loan for Lil' Joe, click on the "ChipIn" button below or at the top of the page. It will take you to PayPal. If the ChipIn widget does not work for you, you can use PayPal (www.paypal.com) to send your loan to lend4health@gmail.com and note that it is for Lil' Joe.


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Lil' Joe's Community of Lenders [not updated real-time]:

Sun Valley Tech Solutions: $83 [note: this loan was made outside of ChipIn, so the ChipIn goal amount has been reduced by $83]
Karen F: $5
Sun Valley Tech Solutions: $113 [note: this loan was made outside of ChipIn, so the ChipIn goal amount has been reduced by $113]
Roy: $50
Bonnie: $5
Jeanne: $10 ["Happy Cinco de Linco Lil' Joe!"]
Petra: $5 ['Cheers to a Cinco de Linco tornado!!"]
Sheri: $40 [Cinco de Linco]
Renee: $5 [Cinco de Linco] Note: This loan was made outside of ChipIn, so the ChipIn goal amount has been decreased by $5.
Kristina (Jordan's mom): $5 ["Cinco de Linco"]
Jan: $25 ["Cinco de Linco TORNADO"]
Jessica P: $5 [Cinco de Linco]
Christine E: $5 [Cinco de Linco]
Christine R: $5 [Cinco de Linco]
Dana C: $5 ["Happy Cinco de Linco"]
Grandma Gini: $5 ["First Cinco de Linco loan...from the Land of Lincoln!"] Note: This loan was made outside of ChipIn so the ChipIn goal amount has been reduced by $5.
Karen F: $5 [Cinco de Linco]
Grandma Gini (again): $41 ["In honor of Chip's 41st birthday, August 6th."]Note: This loan was made outside of ChipIn so the ChipIn goal amount has been reduced by $41.
Dana C (again): $5
Petra (again): $5 ["Just because, right now, I can."]
Elizabeth: $50
Angela: $10
Karen F (again): $5 [Re-loaned from Tristen's repaid loan.] Note: This loan was made outside of ChipIn so the ChipIn goal amount has been reduced by $5.
Charlie: $5 ["Happy Cinco de Linco"]
MaryBeth: $5 ["Cinco de Linco. In honor of Mason - Go Navy!"]
Grandma Gini (again): $5 ["Happy Cinco de Linco from the Land of Lincoln"]
Petra (again): $5 ["Happy Cinco de Linco. Treatment IS possible, enormous progress CAN be made!!!"]
Jennifer P: $37 ["For Tori's bday!"]
Grandma Gini (again): $13 ["Happy Grandparents' Day on September 13!"]
Lisa (Matthias' mom): $5 ["From one Lend4health Mommy to another! I wish we could give more, but I know how much this will help!"]
Paula: $5 ["I'm rooting for you!"]
Kathleen B: $4
Julia: $25
Karen F (again): $5 ["October Cinco de Linco! Re-loan from Jaden's repaid loan!"] Note: This loan was made outside of ChipIn, so the ChipIn widget goal amount has been reduced by $5.
Anonymous: $30 "To salute the volunteer walkers raising money and awareness on Oct. 3 in Wheaton, IL, for NAMI of DuPage."
Tori: $5 ["Cinco de Linco!"]
Jeanne (again): $5 ["Cinco de Linco!"]
Beth: $5 ["CINCO DE LINCO! I HOPE YOUR LOAN IS FUNDED BY THE 20TH! GOD BLESS!"]
Alida (Alano's mom): $5 ["Cinco de Linco"]
Angie: $10
Patricia: $50 ["Reloan from Sabrina - plus some. Go Lil' Joe!"]
Grandma Gini (again): $10 ["From Sabrina's repaid loan."]
Diane M: $25
Kathleen B: $5
Evan & Lisa: $10
Julia (again): $20 Note: This loan was made outside of ChipIn, so the ChipIn widget goal amount has been reduced by $20.
Victoria: $20 Note: This loan was made outside of ChipIn, so the ChipIn widget goal amount has been reduced by $20.
Evan & Lisa: $5 [Cinco de Linco]
Jeanne (again): $5 ["Happy Cinco de Linco!"]
Zane: $25 [Cinco de Linco]
Julia (again): $5 [Cinco de Linco]
Grandma Gini (again): $22 ["To honor Tori's Grandpa Clay who served in the Navy in World War II, a member of The Greatest Generation."]
Diane M (again): $20
Patricia: $30 ["Praying we can fill this request soon! Happy Holidays!"]
Diane M (again): $35
Carson's Family: $5 ["Happy Cinco de Linco"]
Grandma Gini (again): $5 ["Happy 5th Birthday Kaya on Cinco de Linco, December 5, 2009."]