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My name is Dana Craven and this is my family. I live in a country Dallas suburb raising two beautiful children in the company of my husband, grandfather, a loyal dog, 2 horses, 16 hens, and a rooster. I am a stay-home mom and home school my daughter. I began SMA Medical Supply in the summer of 2007 in order to serve the needs of SMA families whose many struggles and frustrations I knew all too well.

Our own daughter was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type I at the age of 6 months. Although she is about to reach the miraculous age of 7, we have endured these years with the same physical, emotional, and financial strains as your family. Daily joys have frequently been overshadowed by traumas, hospitalizations, insurance problems, DME billing fraud, equipment disasters, unhelpful or inappropriate medical care, and barriers of countless other kinds.

Our past equipment suppliers ultimately led me to initiate my own medical supply company. Long wait times for life-sustaining equipment, an unwillingness to replace broken devices, and failure to stock backup equipment were commonplace. We'd receive old, used equipment. Basic supplies would be out-of-stock. We found ourselves constantly begging for the things we needed, and then faced disappointment when they were the wrong size, missing important accessories, or sometimes totally inappropriate for our daughter's needs.

Next would come the inevitable billing and coding errors, and countless hours of our personal time on the phone correcting the mistakes. The more we paid attention to the paperwork, the more mistakes we'd find. We were even the victims of billing fraud, but with all the worries and obligations in our life, we barely had time to notice. So we'd switch suppliers hoping for better service, but always found ourselves suffering the same problems and disappointments. It eventually became apparent that the difficulties we'd endured were industry-wide.

So I created SMA Medical Supply to fill in those gaps that your usual equipment provider can't seem to fill:

product knowledge and personal understanding of what I sell
quick response to your urgent needs
life-saving devices are always kept in-stock and ready to ship
sell at the lowest prices possible so that your family can afford the things which will improve quality of life
willingness to seek out products that your family needs, even if I don't currently carry them
submit claims to your insurance company when possible
provide exceptional customer service based on understanding and personal responsibility

And I donate my earnings to research, so your purchases actually help to fund a cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.