====== Memorial Fund ======

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//I need your help so that one no else dies in pain the way I
did//. Read //**[[:kpaddock:my_story|My Story]]**// mostly in my own
words, it is bring everyone that reads it to tears!

We need to get more doctors educated before anyone else dies from this
treatable condition. The primary doctors at the top of the food chain
for CSF Leaks are
[[http://www.dukehealth.org/physicians/linda_g_leithe|Dr. Gray
Leithe]] at [[http://www.dukehealth.org|Duke]] and
[[http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Bios---Physician/P-Z/Wouter-I-Schievink-MD.aspx|
Dr. Schievink]] at
[[http://www.cedars-sinai.edu|Cedars-Sini]]. //There are not enough
doctors educated to treat this problem//.

A  [[http://www.drgrayfund.org|discretionary fund has been setup to support Dr. Gray]] that is aiming to get more than $750,000, the amount required, to support a fellowship training program at Duke School of Medicine.  Then more doctors, like that UPMC doctor, would have known what to do, rather than telling me to wait an other couple of weeks in pain... //Please Help// so the others still suffering can get to doctors that know what is going on.  Having only a few in the world right now is killing people like me. :-(

Also, in conjunction with Duke University [[:bpaddock:contact_hubby|Hubby]] set up
the //tax deductible// **Karen Paddock Memorial Fund** (Endowment for the Division of Neuroradiology) to further the
study of new radiology techniques that would have shown where my
'leak' was. 

First stage funding is to reach $250,000 so the fund
becomes self-sustaining. The long term goal is to support research into better imaging equipment and related CSF
research, that would have found my leak.  This could cost in to the millions of dollars for FDA approvals.   //Any help would be
appreciated//.  Better to give here than to the IRS.  Follow [[:blog:bpaddock|Hubby's Blog]] as he studies things like T-Rays for better imaging...

Check should be made out to:

"**Duke University**",

which is the legal entity, and the memo portion of the check
shall say:

**For addition to the //"Karen Paddock Memorial Fund"//**,

send to the attention of:


**Joseph W. Tynan, J.D. Executive Director of Gift and Endowment Planning**\\
**Duke Medicine, Development and Alumni Affairs**\\
**710 W. Main Street, Suite 200**\\
**Durham, NC 27701.**

Rather than a check you can **[[https://gifts.duke.edu/medfund?additional_designations=The%20Karen%20Paddock%20Memorial%20Fund%20611-6385&technique_code=6116385|give online]]**.

Duke will mail you a tax receipt for your records to be used when filling your taxes.


The permanent endowment //Karen Paddock Memorial Fund// is part of the legal entity "Duke University" which is a tax
exempt nonprofit institution under  Internal Revenue Code Section 501
(c) (3) and 509(a)(1). Therefore, contributions to the memorial fund are
deductible for federal income, gift, and estate tax purposes.



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