I contacted a neighbor today about finding a chiropractor. This lady works for the state and helps people that are in need of help. She sees the poorest of the poor.
We started out emailing each other but I finally gave up and called her. She had asked if Ted had any old clothes he could give to someone. This man is smaller than Ted, weighs 116 lbs. and only has one outfit of clothing. I think Ted's clothes will be a little big I figured he could spare a pair or two of pants even though he doesn't have too many clothes himself.
She told me the man had fallen and hit his head and had to be taken to a hospital and had gotten blood on his pillowcase. That was several days ago and it was still on there so you know his sheets must be dirty too.
He was worried about the hospital bill until the man that took him said the hospital had written it off and he didn't need to worry about that. He had worked till a few months ago when the company shut down. I guess he has enough money to pay his rent till October, then he doesn't know what he's going to do.
Someone gave us several bars of soap for the Domestic Abuse Center the other day so I got some of those, some wash cloths, some towels, a blanket and by the time I had that gathered up Ted had some slacks, a couple of sweat shirts, a couple of flannel shirts and some heavy socks.
It's hard for me to think of someone that doesn't have warm clothing or clean sheets and towels. I bet he doesn't have any food either.
The neighbor said she was going to get him a housekeeper so someone would at least clean the place up a bit and change his sheets.
The neighbor has had some health issues and I can see why. She deals with this type of situation all the time. Things like this bother me - a lot. No one should have to live like this in Williamson County or ANY county in America.
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