They have asked for help to pay the mounting medical bills associated with the purchase of Lauren's new $37,000 wheelchair. Recently, the Gray family has reached out to the Huntsville community for assistance with their dwindling financial situation. My drive is to make sure Lauren's needs are met if something ever happens to me. 'But I've gotten through the past three months on more than my faith. 'I have a strong faith that God will bring us through this,' Gray said.

Their daughters, who are nearly 10 years old, are happy, intelligent and secure in their parents' love, despite having to cope daily with the problems associated with daughter Lauren's hereditary muscle and joint disease called Arthrogryposis. Since the birth of their twins in 1999, Gray and his wife have been consumed with the financial, emotional and physical costs of caring for one daughter's health condition while at the same time providing a strong family environment where both daughters have flourished. Those blessings mean a lot to a man who is struggling with incurable stage 4 Renal Cell Carcinoma.īut that's not the only health challenge faced by Gray and his family. He's thankful to God for his wife Lisa, his twin daughters Hannah and Lauren, his church and community, and his job with AMCOM's Integrated Material Management Center that now allows him to work from home.

Rick Gray's faith has been tested to its very core.Īnd, yet, he counts his blessings every day. Lauren Gray, at home with her dad Rick, mom Lisa and twin sister Hannah, is living a happy, productive life in the face of serious health problems thanks to the united efforts of her family, friends, church members and the community.

I Do, I Don't by Lisa Gray