Advertiser Christmas Fund
Vacuum sought for home of ailing child

By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer

Her daughter, 6, is healthy. But a second child born two years later was affected by her drug use and born prematurely.

Child Protective Services took custody of the daughter but allowed J.T. to keep the infant if she entered treatment.

It took 15 months for her to complete treatment. She has been reunited with her daughter.

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"It has taken hard work to get to where I'm at today," the 32-year-old said. "What I can do is be a good parent by being clean and sober."

J.T.'s younger child has asthma. Because J.T.'s apartment is next to a freeway, she wipes the unit down two to three times a week to keep it dust-free.

A vacuum cleaner would be a blessing, she said.

J.T. also could use a queen-sized bed for her children, who are sleeping on a futon. Boy's size 13 athletic shoes and educational toys also would be helpful.

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