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February 03, 2005

"It was the first time I filled out a DNR" order.

More Updates:  Biopsy Goes Smoothly for Sterling Boy (free reg req'd)
9-Year-Old's Parents Had Turned to EBay to Raise Money for Surgery

"We met Frank, eyeball to eyeball," said Hrayr Shahinian, the surgeon who last month offered to waive his $40,000 fee for the biopsy after learning that the family was auctioning a "Frank must die" bumper sticker on eBay to raise money for the procedure. "We did some damage to [Frank], for sure."
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January, 2005

Read this piece when you think you have problems feel like complaining. Then, help me find David's auction on ebay.

Family of Boy With Cancer Bids on Hope (free registration req. or try bugmenot.com)
 

Tiffini Dingman-Grover said it began with a grilled cheese sandwich -- not just any sandwich, but one that bore a likeness of the Virgin Mary and brought in $28,000 at auction online. The final, galling straw, she said, was a "haunted" walking cane that last month fetched $65,000 on eBay.

"I thought if people are going to spend that kind of money for crap, then maybe they'd put it toward a good cause," said Dingman-Grover, who has spent two years facing the emotional and financial cataclysm of a critically ill son, David, 9.

OLD UPDATES:  here is David's website.  I still can't find the auction on ebay though...

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