After the news report on Kare 11 was aired a specialist from Inver Grove Heights contacted us and wanted to help. He makes prosthetic eye lenses that would enable McKenna to be more comfortable in her day to day life. These lenses would block out all light except for the small part in the middle where it would be polarized. We find out tomorrow if she is a candidate for these. Just to have this particular Dr watching Kenna's story at the right time gives me hope that we are on the right journey to help her.
Oddly enough, tonight the same reporter who did her first story contacted me to find out how the benefit went and why her viewers are contacting her with questions regarding the inability to send donations to Kenna's account. As many of you know the benefit ended very poorly and I have only chosen now to write about it as Kare 11 is coming to do a story on it and it will be on the news.
I believe that there were only good intentions at the beginning. I also think we as parents should have thought more about who was running it. There were too many decisions and too much work for one person to run it themselves and with this particular individual having no experience whatsoever with organizing anything it was a recipe for disaster. When time was running out and even the smallest of things were not getting done we started to question what was left. The fun details had been thought of but the major ones, the ones that would make this benefit a success were no where near being completed. As things spiraled out of control the coordinators ego did also. This became a self-esteem builder benefit for her rather than a benefit for our daughter and her parents were at the helm encouraging her behavior on. The statuses on facebook that revealed her true intentions, "sorry if I'm selfish but a little acknowledgment would be nice" were just a foretaste of things to come. It was evident at the benefit when she wasn't even sober enough to answer questions asked of her that she just couldn't handle and didn't care about McKenna. She had everyone make the checks out to her the day of the benefit.......odd? She has no qualifications, NEVER has been involved in Kenna's care whatsoever or has any legal right to make any decisions for McKenna or her medical bills. When opening a new bank account, different than the one set up for this benefit she deposited 60% of Kenna's funds saying she had the right to decide what was paid. I know that there aren't very many people who attended the benefit that thought this person should be in charge of "their" donation money and where it went. She acted as if they personally gave her money and said "please decide what to do with it". Since she decided to take matters into her own hands the bank has frozen all assets for Kenna due to fraud. Even the police showing up at her door didn't faze her. The police investigator called us back and said "that girl's crazy"!
Unfortunately, It's Kenna that is hurting most of all. She has lost her grandparents in all this too, as they have stood behind the unacceptable actions of their daughter. It will take us going to court in front of a judge to fix this.......but by no means is this the end. We will make sure Kenna gets what she needs and that our family unit stays as strong as ever. When all is said and done the losers are the ones who no longer have the privilege to be a part of their grandchildren's lives. How sad...............
Just got a phone call from the establishment that the "coordinator" booked to hold Kenna's benefit...........she never paid the bill! WOW, that's a responsible individual there.
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