Youngest of 3 siblings. But with Treacher Collins syndrome. About one in 50,000 people is touched by it. He is lacking facial bone development. Small jaw. He doesnt have cheekbones and you can see his eyes are a little bit lower. The challenges arent just on the outside. A tcs patient also has smaller airways. If youre a parent, imagine the sniffles leading to a trip to the hospital. Nearly every time. A common day cololputs him in theeospital. Kelli notes her other children, 17yearold page and 7yearold payton are on the familys private insurance but medicaid isnt just on income guidelines it also covers disabilities. T t transfer trenton and his medicaid in recent weeks. Id call the hospitals and try to help them by getting on the right program for trenton and they could not tell me anything. They told me to keep calling back. Now, a 60day wait for iowa with about 15 of the population using medicaid to truly have the infrastructure to handle the transfer. I received thousands of email
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on another windy day in the area with highs around 30 degrees in many spots. Along this cold front, a passing snow shower may occur, mainly along and north of a waterloomaquoketa line. Whiled no major issues are anticipated, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in any s sow shower. Well see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the midteens. Plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid30s. Midupper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. Have a great weekend thanks kaj. One person is in xhe hospital this morning after a late night fire in cedar rapids. The Fire Department responded to the area of i avenue and first street rthwest. They got on scene around 10 oclock last night, but were still on the s sne for hours. First responders took one person to the hospital who had set up a tent in that area. The Fire Department hasnt said how severe the persons i
Alert forecast, kaj. Plan on another windy day in the area with highs around 30 degrees in many spots. Along this cold front, a passing snow shower may occur, mainly along and north of a waterloomaquoketa line. While no major issues are anticipated, a brief reductctn in visibility could occur in anynynow shower. Well see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the midteens. Plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid30s. Midupper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. Have a great weekend family and friends of an 18yearold iowa state student killed this week will honor her life today. Family and friends of an 18yearold iowa state student killed this week will honor her life today. The Center Point United Methodist church is holding a visitation today. Its for emmalee jacobs who died on monday after a hit and run on the ames campus. She just graduated from center pointurbana high school last may. Jacobs put a lot of her time into he
Well see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the midteens. Plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid30s. Midupper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. Have a great weekend thanks kaj. Family and friends of an 18yearold iowa state student kied this week will honor her life today. The Center Point United Methodist church is holding a visitation today. Its for emmalee jacobs who died on monday after a hit and run on the ames campus. She just graduated from center pointurbana high school last may. Jacobs put a lot of her time into her Center Point United Methodist church youth programs. Her pastor says shell be greatly missed. The visitation is todgy from 4 to 8 this evening. The funeral will be tomorrow morning at 10 30 at centerpoint urbana high school. Authorities are still trying to figure out how a central iowa teens body ended up in a pond. Search andndescue crews recovered 17yeaeaold sam kepts body in a pond off highway