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MELISSA KINLEY

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  • Melissa Kinley is the caregiver for her disabled son, Kevin, 17, and receives $10.40 for 9 hours of care a day. In reality, her son receives round the clock to care. She could be cut back to minimum wage if a budget-saving recommendation by the governor goes through...Melissa Kinley is a remarkable mother although she can't imagine not doing what she does. When her son, Kevin, was born, doctors said he wouldn't make it out of the hospital. Then they said he wouldn't make it to be two years old, then four years old. Melissa stopped listening to them. Now Kevin is 18, and although he can't walk, talk, or eat, he knows a few communication signs, is an avid baseball fan, and goes to school. For 18 years, Melissa has risen every two hours during the night to suction and rotate Kevin to make sure he can breathe freely and lie comfortably. Melissa says she's just a mother doing what anyone would do for the child they love..
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  • Melissa Kinley is the caregiver for her disabled son, Kevin, 17, and receives $10.40 for 9 hours of day. In reality her son receives round the clock to care. She could be cut back to minimum wage if a budget-saving recommendation by the governor goes through.
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  • Melissa Kinley feeds Kevin through a tube, which is the way he's had to be fed his whole life.
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  • Melissa Kinley is the caregiver for her disabled son, Kevin, 17, and receives $10.40 for 9 hours of day. In reality her son receives round the clock to care. She could be cut back to minimum wage if a budget-saving recommendation by the governor goes through.
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  • Melissa Kinley gestures to her disabled son, Kevin, 17, while she runs a ventilator on him to clear up his breathing. She does this several times a day to keep is airway clear.
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  • Melissa Kinley is the caregiver for her disabled son, Kevin, 17, and receives $10.40 for 9 hours of day. In reality her son receives round the clock to care. She could be cut back to minimum wage if a budget-saving recommendation by the governor goes through.
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  • Severely disabled seventeen-year-old Kevin Kinley is carried by his mother, Melissa, who is also paid to be his caregiver..She receives $10.40 an hour for 9 hours of work each day although her son receives round-the-clock to care. The governor's proposed budget-saving recommendation who cut her pay leaving the widow financially strapped.
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  • Melissa Kinley is the caregiver for her disabled son, Kevin, 17, and receives $10.40 for 9 hours of day. In reality her son receives round the clock to care. She could be cut back to minimum wage if a budget-saving recommendation by the governor goes through.
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  • Melissa Kinley is the caregiver for her disabled son, Kevin, 17, and receives $10.40 for 9 hours of day. In reality her son receives round the clock to care. She could be cut back to minimum wage if a budget-saving recommendation by the governor goes through.
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  • Community children eat free USDA lunches at Noralto Elementary School on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. The number of Sacramento County students on free or reduced lunch jumped faster last year than during any of the last 20 years.
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  • Kevin Kinley gets a trophy after playing in an adaptive baseball game with his mother, Melissa, and her boyfriend at Independence Field on Saturday, June 13, 2009.
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  • Melissa Kinley gives her disabled son, Kevin, a hug after they played a game adaptive baseball with his mother, Melissa, at Independence Field in Sacramento on June 13, 2009. Kevin's favorite sport is baseball and he really lights up when on the field.
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