My name is Arina. I am eighty years old, and this is one of the hardest things I have ever had to write. This page is dedicated to my son, Conrad. Two of his spinal discs have collapsed and a third is failing. He needs spinal fusion surgery, and our family cannot pay for it. That is the plain reason this page exists. This page and the Back-a-Buddy campaign were set up, and are being managed, with the help of my second-eldest son and his wife. I want to tell the whole story, i