Officer Needs Assistance!

To the Blog Community:

This is an URGENT call for assistance!

The wife of Fredericksburg, Texas Police Sergeant Brian Haley needs our help.  Doctors Mel Jackson (Fredericksburg) and Jeffrey Whitehill (Austin Heart Hospital) have diagnosed Melissa Haley (Officer Haley's wife, a 31 year-old mother of three) with Postpartum Dilated Cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart's ability to pump blood is decreased because the heart's main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, is enlarged and weakened; this causes a decreased ejection fraction (the amount of blood pumped out with each heart beat).

This is an acute and life-threatening situation that will be addressed, surgically, on June 19 with the implantation of both a pacemaker and defibrillator.  Officer Haley has health coverage via his employment with the City but the cost to extend this coverage to his wife and children was beyond the means of the Haley's on a police officer salary.  As a result, they are faced with the devastating certainty of at least $50,000 in medical bills.

As a show of appreciation to Officer Haley for his service to our community a fund has been established at American Bank of Texas in Fredericksburg for the benefit of Melissa Haley to help defray these enormous expenses. I am asking that readers of this blog consider making a personal and/or corporate donation to this fund. Please consider a gift in an amount commensurate with your earnings. 

We, as the beneficiaries of police and first-responder protections need to show these unique individuals how much we appreciate their sacrifices and service to the community.  Let's show others that we know how to give back to the people that have given us so much!. 

Please know that the Haley's and their advocates are pursuing additional assistance ranging from doctor donated services, to implant manufacturer contributions to hospital indigent care programs.  While we expect some of these "discounts" will be forthcoming, there will still be large expenses to be covered from the surgery and from follow-up care.

Donations, unfortunately, are not tax deductible.

Please make your gift payable to: "The Melissa Haley Benefit Fund" and drop them by (or mail them c/o) American Bank of Texas- 1701 N. Llano, Fredericksburg, TX  78624

THANK YOU!