Not a father. Madi is the three-year-old daughter of Ladd Davies, a staff writer at The Late Round QB.
But Madi has type 1 diabetes, maybe better known to you as juvenile diabetes, an autoimmune disease where the body attacks the pancreas. Historically, the only way to deal with this is vigilant – hourly even – testing of blood sugar levels. You can barely imagine the problem this is for parents or families of these children, taking shifts throughout the day and night (even more problematic at night) to make sure they administer synthetic insulin when needed.
Enter the D.A.D – a highly trained service dog who can detect the scent on a diabetic person’s breath that can tell if they are going too high or too low on the blood sugar levels. The dog’s sense of smell is so sensitive that it can detect a high or low BEFORE it even happens. The dog will wake up out of a sound sleep if they smell their person having a dramatic rise or fall and alert them (or in this case alert Madi’s parents).
Of course, these highly trained service dogs are expensive – currently $17,000. But what peace of mind they could give Ladd and his wife, and of course Madi.
So in the community of fantasy writers, there are a number of people who have already come forth to help the Davies and I will list some of them here and give you links to get more information because ANYTHING you can do, subscribing as a twitter follower or playing in a FF league that supports this cause or even Paypalling a dollar or two, will help us get a D.A.D for Madi.
Here are some of the efforts to help Ladd and his daughter:
Jim Day (@Fantasy Taz) has been setting up FF leagues at MyFantasyLeague.com that have a $50 buy in where half the money will go towards getting a D.A.D and the other half will be paid out to the league winners. You can contact Jim or go to MFL and look for the FFHelpMadi Leagues.
Twitter Donations:
- Ryan McDowell (@RyanMc23) will donate $1 for every new follower he gets this week. His wife (@Disney__Dork) will be donating 20% of her commissions from being a Disney Trip planner to the cause.
- Christian Hardy (@CHardySports) will donate $1 for every new follower he gets this week and $1 for every RT he gets on this tweet.
- FakePigskin.com will be donating all Amazon commissions through June 15th to the cause.
- John D. Beckler II (@JDBeckler) will be donating $50 for every league that is created.
- Matt Rittle (@FFRittle) will be donating $2 for every league that is created.
- The FF Ghost (@TheFFGhost) will be donating money made from his fantasy football banners, found here. It costs $10 for one, and $100 for a set of 12.
- DynastySportsEmpire.com is donating the full $600 for a #FFHelpMadi league.
- FFLockerRoom will be donating $2 for each league that is created and will also be participating in one of them.
- Jim Day (@FantazyTaz) is auctioning off a never-been-worn Joe Montana 49ers jersey. Tweet or email him your bid.
- Ryan Boser (@Ryan_Boser) is auctioning off a signed Percy Harvin 8 X 10. All money made from the auction will be donated to Madi’s fund. You can view the auction here.
- @shanek72 has pledged $10 for every league that is created.
- @Peppy_Pants will donate $5 for every league that is created.
- Over 10 league participants have pledged to give any potential league winnings to Madi’s fund.
You can learn more about Madi’s story and donate HERE or if you wish you can send money to PO Box 555 Gonzalez, FL 32560 making checks payable to “D.A.D for Madi.”
I know you were looking for some baseball information here but sometimes we have to deal with real issues and I appreciate any of you who can help make the situation better for Madi and her parents. {jcomments on}