With the holidays fast approaching it puts all of us into a frenzy to get shopping done,cards bought and all the other holiday duties done.We know that many members of the german shepherd fancy have suffered sickness and even death during this past year.For the surviving people and families there is much residual painand some have much to be thankfull for.We would like to take a moment of your time to tell you about a brave parent team of our dog family that is in a dark place this yearat christmas.The hickey family is very dear to all of us in this area.They are active members of the german shepherd dog club of kalamazoo and have owned a futurity winner and a maturity winners.They have always offered thier help and have truly tried to promote the german shepherd breed putting each dogs needs ahead of what they want.Kevin and Dory Hickey assited by thier parents have been coping with an extremely difficult family crisis.Thier young son Carter Hickey began his life as a normal baby,his much awaited delivery went with no complications and the Carter family had thier son,At about 6 mths old things took a turn for the horrifing unexpected.Baby Carter has spent more of his young life in children's hospital then out.From Ann Arbor mi.,to Detriot and Grand rapids.They have spent countless night in the emergency unit.Currently Carter is in intensive care unit at ourlocal childrens hospitalhe has siezures almost 24 hours a day.Thier nexted plan of attack is to go to any one of the speciality Mayo clinics.Which one has not yet been determined.Due to the extensive out of pocket none insurance covered expenses the Michigan and other surrounding states of american club members have decided to do something to help the Hickey family to show them that our dog family does care and pull togetherin times of need!The Hickey family is a one income family and although much of Carters medical testing is covered nothing else is.Kevin has missed days of work and other ex penses are adding up at an alarming rate,and the fight for Carters life is just beginning.Baby Carters family are fighting as all parents would,to find out what is causing these continuous siezures that leave thier son in almost constant agony.Afund in Baby Carters name has been established.Letus explain the several ways that you can help us help Baby Carter's family.Please remember the smallest donation matters.If you only have a 1.00 extra we would greatly appreciate that dollar. from the german shepherd dog club of kalamazoo and all of its members ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================