Dwayne and Ida Sue Burleson

Hey friends - It's time to step up and help our friends.  Dwayne is beginning to have some episodes related to his Wegener Vasculitis, which is an auto immune disease.  He wakes up daily with a headache, similar to a hangover, he is weak, he has to undergo chemotherapy every six months, he is unable to work and there is a possibility his disability insurance may be cancelled.  This community is amazing when it comes to helping others.  I don't ask my friends to give money to a charity on my birthday, like most folks, but I would like to ask you to make a donation now....even if it's five bucks. These two have been together over 32 years.  They celebrate their 32nd wedding anniversary on June 12.  They are giving,  good people and this has affected them financially.  Yet they still grow a garden and offer for people to come pick what they want, when they want.  Dwayne is a prideful person and has mostly kept this quiet, but it's a very serious disease with serious consequences.  

Untreated Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis is Fatal. Prednisone may slow progression of the disease but by itself is insufficient to arrest the disease. Respiratory tract disease usually progresses slowly, but renal disease can progress rapidly and therefore warrants urgent evaluation and treatment. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly known as Wegener granulomatosis, is a RARE multisystem autoimmune disease of "unknown" etiology. Its hallmark features include necrotizing granulomatous inflammation and pauci-immune vasculitis in small- and medium-sized blood vessels. Remission means the disease disappears or its progression is slowed, but the disease is not Cured. Without medical treatment, a person diagnosed with granulomatosis with polyangiitis has a "high risk" of dying of the disease within two years, usually from lung or kidney failure.