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There are websites that offer used medical equipment unfortunately childrens. from kids who have passed or have outgrown it and the families want to get some money out of it. Maybe they could work something out with insurance to help if the had a used one. I'm sure they prolly went to shriners since they were in Mpls since thats the one that serves the area. They may be going through the process of getting one with insurance but with our Abbey we are doing that now and are told that it can take anywhere from 6 mo. to a year for them to approve it. I would make sure that they are in contact with the local public school system to get like PT and OT and all their resources that are available, they know about support groups and can help with a wide variety of things and if they dont know they can usually help out. It is very hard being the parent of a medically fragile child and even the littlest thing helps I know she really appreciates everything you are doing. Thank you