My Fellow Americans, for three years we traveled to Boston for our son’s medical care. We live three and a half hours north of Boston. We made this trip three or more times a year for three years. It meant leaving at 6 a.m. to make an 11 a.m. appointment — hanging out in the hospital for three, four, maybe five hours.

Typically, we would book a hotel room for one night because we were too exhausted to make the drive home. One trip we skipped the hotel room because a winter storm was blowing in the next day. So, we headed out as the storm was starting. Plus, a house sitter for the pets was not in the financial cards at the time.

Boston Children’s Hospital is the only hospital on the East Coast of America that houses the one doctor on the east coast of America that specializes in the medical diagnosis of my son. This doctor saved our son’s life. This doctor improved our son’s life so dramatically we have been able to take our son on many adventures to see the spectacular sites of America.

Harvard receives around $9 billion in grants from the federal government. Boston Children’s Hospital receives funding from Harvard through these grants. Trump and Elon are messing with our son’s medical services. Hang on because we are going to the mattresses!

Matthew Stone

Middlebury