Obie's Saftey is all we need.

On janurary 22nd 2015, My beautiful, sweet 2 year old angel fell from his brothers 2nd story window.



Hello,
My name is Summer, and I am trying to get the word out in the hopes that someone will hear my disabled sons story, and help to get him what he needs to prevent the accident that happened to him only a few months ago on January 22nd of this year...happen again.

My family and I just moved with our two special needs sons and our new born baby to the Loveland area. With more supportive services such as therapy and special school programs for our children, we knew it would be a good fit. We had only been in our new townhouse for 6 days...and in the months before moving, during the diagnosis of my son, Oberon, or "Obie’s" disability...we had his primary care doctor, and occupational therapist write written requests for us to have reasonable accommodation for locks and special equipment installed before move in for Obie’s safety...for their had been previous accidents, though not this sever. The apartments reassured us that the "locks" on the children’s bedroom windows were secure and unable to be reached.

I fought with them for days before moving into our new home, and days following his accident. We provided the letter, and the HUD federal laws regarding the request, which they are mandated to comply with. over 9 phone calls to our landlord, multiple attempts to have him release his supervisors phone number, we still had no luck...

On the 6th day at out new home, as we were attempting to hang his curtains in his bedroom, Devon (their wonderful step/adoptive dad) and I walked downstairs for Devon to get the screws and screw driver to install his curtains, as well as for me to continue to unpack, and stabilize us from our chaotic move. In a matter of 4 minutes, my sweet beautiful 2 year old son fell from his brothers bedroom window. He pulled himself up the less than 2 foot off the ground window ledge with we think help from his mini recliner in the corner of his room and unlocked the window as we had just vacuumed his brothers room and had left less than 5 minutes before to start unpacking another room. He unlocked the bottom lock and pushed the screen out and in a matter of 4 minutes ...fell 2 stories, 12 1/2 feet fracturing the entire front of his skull, enduring trauma and bleeding to the brain, as well as abrasions to his face, and had respiratory failure. We came outside immediately to our porch following loud, animal like moaning ...and there he was....my angel laying on the cement ground. He was rushed the Colorado Center of the Rockies, then within 20 minutes was flown to the children’s hospital via flight for life and was in ICU
for almost 48 hours. Luckily, he survived... but because our insurance said it was the fault, and lack of cooperation on the apartment manager’s side... the bills would not be covered.



He has been home almost a month now, with a list of me and my fiancé calling every single day requesting the proper locks and bars he's entitled to, and the apartment manager will not respond...we have also said we will install them ourselves, but have been denied the right to because they have been apparently "waiting on a call from the fire Marshall" for confirmation on what we "can do"...

I am sick of my poor, innocent disabled babies needs being unmet by people who are fully responsible...I am traumatized by the repeated picture in my head of my baby lying there on the ground... I am horrified by the thought that because someone was too lazy to do their job, I could have lost my baby...and am discussed by this apartment managers response to an almost fatal event that effected most importantly my 2 year old son, and my entire family as well.



It has now been almost 3 months, and with calls to the Colorado governor’s office, ADA discrimination hotline, the fire marshal,  all of Obie’s therapists, and support team, we have gotten almost nowhere. Exactly 21 phone calls to the office, and over 10 in-person visits

Last week, around Thursday they finally called and told me that they have a temporary fix, and came to install very cheap, and too small of bars, which I have told him don’t work. I told him now that the approval has been given, I will be buying my own...But as any family knows, huge emergency expenses, especially something this severe is nothing anyone expects....and it would take some time to buy the bars that will work for our windows that I have found. There are 3 windows in our upstairs unit, and we need them installed on all of them.

Obie is healing wonderfully, and it is more then a miracle he is alive! Although, He will have lifelong developmental damage, and we all will be scarred for the rest of our lives...Traumatized from what our baby had to indure, and hope tomorrow is a better day.....But at least going to bed every night knowing my baby will be safe in his own bedroom is enough for now.

We are in the process of suing the reality company of our apartments for the medical bills, and trauma this will permanently cause my son and family, but our case was just accepted today 4/9/15...and it will be a long road until we even see that money.

All I want is my son to be safe in his own home, until we can move and start over, with a new trauma free environment; I want him to be safe. I don’t want to fear when the “next time” will be… and until then I need the security of knowing…He will be ok today.

I also desperately think that having alarms on our windows and doors, to insure there are no more accidents, and know when he is climbing and being unsafe and unregulated due to his disability.

So that is my request, enough money to buy the right bars, and alarms, so we can all have a peace of mind, and most importantly, Obie can continue to thrive and be safe in his own environment.

Thank you for taking the time to read my angels story- I Just thank god he his alive, but to keep him safe without relying on those who were supposed to provide these things for my son.

I want to also thank The Childrens Hospital of Aurora for saving my son, and all the officers who responded to our tragedy so quickly, my fiancé’s family, Nana L, My brother in law, Papa T, My sister and auntie of my kiddo's, all of our close friends, my babies Godmother, my Best friends, and most of all my fiancé, Devon, for all the light, support, love, and help you have given us though this tragedy. We couldn’t have healed this much and gotten this far processing it, and getting through it without you all!

If you cant donate, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SHARE!

Thank you.

                                       With light and love-
                                                   The Sadira Family

(if you would like to see the photos from his accident, the bars, or pictures and updates of how he is doing in therapy, you can see them on our facebook page, We have also provided below the letter from his therapist, but out of consideration, blocked out her phone number, as well as the bars and the HUD reasonable accommodation laws.).

Due to privacy- please just add the group created for Obie's story, and not our personal pages. Thank you for your understanding <3

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ObiesSafeSerenity/





Natalie has been working with Obie for over 8 months now. She is one of four therapists he is working with a week.



The gap between the bars and window. In comparison, Obie's head and body could fit 1 and a 1/2 times though that opening.

HUD PDF:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/library/huddojstatement.pdf