Parents Say Funds Are being used for Dillon
By Stacey Creasy
BOURBON � Mark and Brooke Greene said there has been no misuse of funds given to the family to help their son, who has been diagnosed with brain
cancer.
The money donated to Dillon is in my checking account and I can prove that," Brooke stated. "We have not spent that money on anything else."
During the past month, people who work with Mark have raised money. Brooke's co-workers have also raised funds to help offset costs for Dillon and the Greene family.
There have been cans around Bourbon seeking donations and Dillon's daycare teacher, Rebecca Wampler, was planning to have a Port-a-Pit chicken fund raiser to help Dillon.
Wampler said the cans were taken down and she is canceling the port-a-pit chicken fund raiser due to concerns over how the donated money has been spent.
Brooke said there is some sort of misunderstanding.
The donations have been used to make a house payment and to help Dillon.
Dillon is a very sick seven-yea-old who is improving now that he has had
surgery, but still has a lengthy recovery ahead.
The Triton second-grader has the type of brain cancer that affects his
coordination and motor functions.
At one time the once energetic child could not walk or talk very well.
Mark and Brooke, along with Wampler became concerned about Dillon when he became nervous about school because he was seeing "two of everything."
He also began to suffer headaches and nausea for no apparent reason.
A trip to the optometrist revealed Dillon had a swollen optic never, which led to an MRI. That test, which scans the brain, showed a mass on Dillon's brain.
Within 48 hours Dillon was in Indianapolis for surgery.
Mark said the surgeons at Riley's Children's Hospital removed as much of the mass as possible.
The rest will need to be removed through chemotherapy and radiation
treatments.
"He will have 48 weeks of chemotherapy and six weeks of radiation, but he is home now," Brooke said. "He is walking and talking some. He's doing better."
The family has insurance, but they know an insurance policy through Mark's job that covers 80 percent of health care costs will leave them with
medical costs.
Brooke said any money donated to Dillon will be spent on Dillon.
There is a trust fund for Dillon at the First State Bank in Bourbon, P.O.
Box 2, Bourbon, Ind. 46504.
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