Ada, Michigan Robin Hoods: in REVERSE!
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On October the 9th, 1989, the Lowndes Family gave birth to a new infant baby boy. They named him Jordan Kenneth Louis Lowndes, after his Dad. The birth was normal and Jordan's Dad (yours truly) was there in the Delivery Room and cut the umbilical cord.
Shortly after Jordan was born it became very apparent that Jordan might have some really serious problems. He was very hungry but refused to be breast fed. We had to use bottle and formula food, which he would devour very quickly but moments later, he would throw it all back up. He began to lose weight - as most newborn babies do right after birth, but Jordan had trouble putting any of it back on. We began what would become a very long process of going to many Doctors, Medical Clinics and Hospitals.
In the months following, Jordan had 2 Cystic-Fibrosis tests, even though Jordan is Black and it is extremely rare for Black babies to develop this condition. (Jordan's Dad is white). Both tests results came back negative. Jordan had many, many other tests performed. All test results came back as not indicating he had any of the conditions for which he was being tested. Doctors would come back somewhat optimistic and say that Jordan did not have this or that particular condition (s) for which he was being tested. But they did have trouble telling us what he DID have. Meanwhile, Jordan was continuously prone to ear and other infections, and constantly prone to high fevers. These were regularly treated with Amoxicillion and pain relief medicine, but each time the medicines were gone or had run out, Jordan was feverish and sick again. Constantly.
Finally, we began to lean what was bothering Jordan. He had a reflux condition that prevented him from keeping his food down, and there was medicine to treat that. He was diagnosed with severe asthma, and there was medicine to treat that. Jordan, an infant, had his own oxygen tank installed in his bedroom, and a monitor to alert us when he would stop breathing in his sleep. Then we were to learn Jordan had yet another condition. This condition is most commonly known as "the Bubble Boy" condition, an inherited condition that left him without any trace of "B" Blood Cells, immunogloblin blood cells. These are your body's first line of defense against infections and disease. It's other name is the Primary Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The distinction of this with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (which affects the "T" cells) is that the child afflicted with PIDS is born with it or it's tendencies, in their genetic make-up. Some PIDS kids do benefit from AIDS Research. Many parallels exist, even though the conditions are caused differently.
Against this backdrop, we had NO medical insurance. None. Many Doctors agreed to treat Jordan knowing there was no money up front to pay the bill. Many finally told us not to come back unless we came up with the money. We had to find a way to come up with a large amount of money... Money that would not only cover the mounting medical costs and expenses, but on an on-going basis on into the future, with no known stopping point.
The Plan: (And now, the "Missing" [i.E., STOLEN! ] 450,000 MCI Sign-Ups)
We did come up with a plan. We thought that we "owned" an Amway (now Quixtar) "distributorship" We received advance word that Amway/MCI/Quixtar - [for those who do not already know, Amway (Quixtar) distributor/employees can (or could) enroll phone customers from other long-distance companies onto MCI long-distance service] - was set to increase it's payment from $2.00 to $10.00, and in addition, was set to increase the bonus points to 25 PV/BV. Translated, this meant that if we could find a way to collect a minimum of 600 MCI sign-ups in one month's time, we would not just collect $6,000.00 (600 MCI sign-ups times the $10.00), but another $4,040.00 on top of that as additional (at "just" the Ruby acheivement pin level!) bonus money. This means that from a base of 600 phone number conversions on up, they are worth $16.73 EACH! - AND this amount does NOT INCLUDE the alleged "lifetime" residuals! (Which translates to over $200,000.00 per month, based on an average of $30.00 long distance per phone line, per month, times 450,000 estimated telephone numbers [an extremely CONSERVATIVE estimate] - - times for all the years since DeVos and Van Andel BEGAN their ONGOING THEFTS)
Now "all" we needed to do was come up with a way to physically collect that many, possible even more!
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