Just last year I had to take my little girl to the ER with an ear ache. She had an ear infection sure enough. I sat 4 hours with a burning hot child in the ER, then another 2 hours after we were put in a room. It was horrible. When we finally got out, it was getting late and we went to the pharmacy to get her Rx. We sat there for an hour, my little girl cried, and laid i the floor, slept in my lap as I held her. The pharmacist called our name and I went to pay for the Rx. The lady at teh counter told me our childs insurance had run out. I had just enough $$ to pay the $5.00 that the Rx was supposed to cost. With no insurance her meds were $120.00. I had no check book, no credit card, and no insurance and my baby was sick. I asked if I could just buy one day worth of the medicine. Maybe I could afford that. Unfortunately it was teh kind of thing that is all or nothing. So I began to cry and I carried my feverish child away from the check out. I have never ever felt lower in all my life. I was almost out the door of the pharmacy when this young girl, maybe in her mid 20's offered to help me. She said "Let me buy your little girls prescription." I told her I couldn't let her do that. It was a nice offer, but it was $120.00. She said that was fine, she knew because she over heard. I agreed to let her help me. When we got back to the pharmacy counter she ran the Rx threw her insurance. I don't know how. I am sure it was not legal. But the final cost was $30.00. She paid it. I tried to give her the 5.00 to pay her back. I tried to get her to give me her address so I could mail her the money back later. She refused to give me her address or name. I just hugged her. That was all I could do. I will never forget that day.
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