Page 2 - Son Alec News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

I spent this mother's day weekend with a number of families who had actually lost their kids because of pharmaceutical prices. i was on the steps of the state capitol with a mom whose son alec died last year at age 26 from diabetes. he was a manager of a restaurant, loved by his family and insulin had gone up to $1,300 a month. he is not alone. the price of insulin tripled during the last decade. a tried and true dug insulin has truppalled. this young man was rationing insulin and he was taking less than he was supposed to, to save money. just like the senior who keeps insulin at the bottom of...

Newlywed and his wife buy the house and move in. a bold move, by the young man who has the best shot of keeping the hawkins tradition of family farming alive, alec said, his grandma made the house buying easy for a first time buyer, isn't that what grandmas are for. jamie: did he is give you a good deal. >> yes, a family deed. jamie: dave haw hawk in's collef tractors. >> i don't think it was easy for anyone. we did go through that, where you know we were not all agreeing. number one toughest decision was can we keep the collection or do we have to sell part of it? financially, and time wise, ...

Newlywed and his wife buy the house and move in. a bold move, by the young man who has the best shot of keeping the hawkins tradition of family farming alive, alec said, his grandma made the house buying easy for a first time buyer, isn't that what grandmas are for. jamie: did he is give you a good deal. >> yes, a family deed. jamie: dave haw hawk in's collef tractors. >> i don't think it was easy for anyone. we did go through that, where you know we were not all agreeing. number one toughest decision was can we keep the collection or do we have to sell part of it? financially, and time wise, ...

Passed. >> we talked about it but he never made a decision. >> dave's widow judy, asked the kids to come to a decision, it is not easy. >> how do you come to an agreement, which each party has a different idea of what is right or wrong to please 5 parties is a tough, tough decision to have to come to grips with. >> amid that family discord, tammy's son alec spends nights and weekends keeping his grandpa's precious tractors from deteriorating. >> there are a lot of expenses to keep them up am to keep the collection, and not up keep it in my opinion was not an option. jamie: dave hawkins pride a...

Nets $400,000 for his heirs he is still taking care of his family. >> his one child still in college, my oldest child graduated from college i was very excited to be able to use that money to help them with their college debt. jamie: dave who hated debt would be proud, but it could have been more, if you add up value of the 23 tractors that stay in the hawk ingsinsfamily, more than $18 $180,000 dollars. >> it is bitter sweet there was a couple i would have liked to have kept. >> i just feel bad for alex. going out to all of the empty sheds. >> alec hopes that sheds won't be empty forever.