A Bad Hamburger

By Joey  (age 9)

 

In May, 2007 a boy named Joey just got out of school for the summer. But one night Joey was making hamburgers and he ate one and started to feel sick. So,  Joey’s parents took him to the emergency room. At the emergency room, the doctors said “he has e-coli!!” 

The next day, I had surgery to put a tube in my stomach for dialysis. My kidneys had failed. It took three weeks for my kidneys to get better. I got better at a second hospital after I wasn’t getting better at the first hospital. I had to go in an ambulance to the second hospital.

After I felt better, I got my tube out and got to go home on June 22, 2007. I still have to go back to the doctors to get my kidneys checked. After I was home I layed in bed for a couple of days and all sorts of people were giving me cards and toys. But one day my mom told me to get up so we went to the mall and shopped and came back. Then finally school started and I felt better.

Please help Joey meet his goal. He is trying to raise money for S.T.O.P. - Safe Tables Our Priority. An organization his parents joined after he became sick. Their goal is to help victims of foodborne illness and prevent future tragedies due to contaminated food.

Thanks,

Joey and Family