Please Help Damon and His Family
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Damon is a nine year old, 4th grader from Calumet. He attends CLK elementary. He's been a healthy kid,up until now. Three days ago his mom rushed him to the ER in Calumet because his heart was beating extremely fast and you could actually see it through his shirt.
His heart rate and blood pressure were extremely elevated when he got there. The doctor at Aspirus said he needed to be air lifted to Ann Arbor children's hospital,so he and his mom were flown on a life jet to Mott's children's hospital (10 hours from home).
Upon arrival,they started tests, blood work, MRI,etc. The next day they found a 6cm by 3cm mass on his adrenal gland. They suspect as of now,this is a rare condition,called a pheochromocytoma.
Surgery is going to be required, and the length of the stay may be a couple weeks. Right now they are keeping him stable,and safe,giving meds for the high blood pressure and heart rate.
When he left Aspirus,he was in congestive heart failure from his heart working too hard for too long. Damon and his family live 10 hours away,and do not have anyone close by to support them during this difficult time. Travel from home is next to impossible,and their vehicle isn't up to par to drive that distance.
The coming days are going to be financially difficult for this family. They are a blended family, with five kids at home. Ryan had to take three days off of work so far, which will dramatically affect them financially.
He was able to take a bus down,to be with Damon and his mom,but only for a short time,and still has to get home to their family and his job.
The immediate use of donations will be for food for Ryan and Becky as they stay at Damon’s side and then travel for Ryan to get home to work and the other kids. Anything extra will be used for bills as they will definitely be short with Ryan taking work off.
Any amount will help as they are really struggling at this time! If you are unable to donate, then please share this story.
When our community comes together we can make a big difference. So let’s help them by taking away some of the financial strain so they can focus on their family and their son’s healing! Thank you all for your time and your dedication to healing our community one family at a time!!
Let’s send our prayers and our love to Damon, Becky and Ryan.
His heart rate and blood pressure were extremely elevated when he got there. The doctor at Aspirus said he needed to be air lifted to Ann Arbor children's hospital,so he and his mom were flown on a life jet to Mott's children's hospital (10 hours from home).
Upon arrival,they started tests, blood work, MRI,etc. The next day they found a 6cm by 3cm mass on his adrenal gland. They suspect as of now,this is a rare condition,called a pheochromocytoma.
Surgery is going to be required, and the length of the stay may be a couple weeks. Right now they are keeping him stable,and safe,giving meds for the high blood pressure and heart rate.
When he left Aspirus,he was in congestive heart failure from his heart working too hard for too long. Damon and his family live 10 hours away,and do not have anyone close by to support them during this difficult time. Travel from home is next to impossible,and their vehicle isn't up to par to drive that distance.
The coming days are going to be financially difficult for this family. They are a blended family, with five kids at home. Ryan had to take three days off of work so far, which will dramatically affect them financially.
He was able to take a bus down,to be with Damon and his mom,but only for a short time,and still has to get home to their family and his job.
The immediate use of donations will be for food for Ryan and Becky as they stay at Damon’s side and then travel for Ryan to get home to work and the other kids. Anything extra will be used for bills as they will definitely be short with Ryan taking work off.
Any amount will help as they are really struggling at this time! If you are unable to donate, then please share this story.
When our community comes together we can make a big difference. So let’s help them by taking away some of the financial strain so they can focus on their family and their son’s healing! Thank you all for your time and your dedication to healing our community one family at a time!!
Let’s send our prayers and our love to Damon, Becky and Ryan.
Organizer and beneficiary
Katie Frederick
Organizer
Osceola, MI
Rebecca Ann Van Garsse
Beneficiary
