17-Year-Old Lupus Patient in Desperate Need of Blood

Tonight, a father is desperately seeking public assistance with providing the medical treatment his daughter is in desperate need of. For over a year, seventeen-year-old Adeline Arnold of Roaring Creek Village, has struggled with a lupus diagnosis and is now seeking blood donations. According to her father, Ken Arnold, the disease runs on the family, and two of his daughters have now been diagnosed. He stopped by our office today to tell us that he appreciates all the help towards his daughter’s cause.

 

Ken Arnold, Adeline’s Father

“I just come to see if I could get a little help from my daughter, through with some blood. And anybody willing to give the blood could go to the blood bank and give it up and just put her name Adeline Ashanti Arnold. And I’d really appreciate it from anyone who willing to help my baby.”

 

Britney Gordon

“What exactly are we looking for blood for? What has she been diagnosed with and how long has she been struggling with that?”

 

Ken Arnold

“For the past year and change, my baby just in and out of the hospital with this lupus and thing, then ih kidney, it get swell up, and  We don’t have the money fi say, get out there ker ah fi get the help, but, I just ask anybody who willing to help her with the blood, or that to get it over with, so that ih  could feel much better. And I thank anybody who willing to do it, under God, eyes a heart. I appreciate it.”

 

Britney Gordon

“What type of blood does she have?”

 

Ken Arnold

“It could be a positive and o positive. That’s what the doctor asked for. Because from the time it take effect of the sickness, ih can’t move, ih can’t do anything, ih can’t even walk wa lee distance due to weh ih get tired.  And the lupus, we talk to people about lupus and according to what people say, you have no cure. But God is our cure, you understand?  I da willing to see and get up off of the bed and walk again and feel happy. Guys that’s my baby girl, ih neem start her life as it, and that’s all I ask. If anybody da want help, then I left the phone number for her mother, It’s six-zero-seven-zero-nine-thirty-two. I also have my number is  six-seven-four-eight-one-two-two and if you feel free to give me a call and we could talk about it and see what you could help with.”