Help Nate & Family with Expenses
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We will be heading to Vancouver in April where Nathan will be in the amazing hands of Dr. Lyons as he undergoes an Ahmed Valve implantation in his right eye. We've been told to expect complications because of Nathan's bone disease, so we'll be over there for a while. If all goes well, the vision that remains in his right eye should be maintained, and then his left eye will be done. We're very optimistic and Nathan is quite enjoying using his white and red cane for everything other than what it's supposed to be used for :)
Nathan is a seven year old who was diagnosed with Congenital Glaucoma and Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bone Disease) shortly after birth. Since then he has received four eye surgeries, with the hope of maintaining the partial vision that he has left, and has broken over thirty-three bones. His family travels to Vancouver every three months so Nathan can receive infusions for the collagen that his body doesn't naturally produce. Despite all of this, Nathan has managed to attend school on a fairly regular basis - he is in grade two at KELSET Elementary. In March of this year, Nathan was having his regularly bi-monthly eye exam and it was discovered that his ocular pressure was at an ultimate high, and that the drops that are done on a daily basis are no longer working. While awaiting his surgery date to implant a drainage device, Nathan fell off a four foot high slide in his Central Saanich backyard, was taken to Victoria General Emergency, where he underwent two surgeries to repair his shattered elbow, broken wrist, and spiral break that tore his tibia and fibula in half. He is now at home and will remain casted from toe to shoulder for the remainder of the school year. His mom, Jennifer, has had to temporarily leave her job as a part-time teacher in order to care for Nathan for the remainder of the year. The Loukes family will be heading to Vancouver - casts and all - as soon as they get the call to head to Vancouver for Nathan's eye surgery.
Any money donated will be to help with medication, travel expenses, equipment that might need to be perchases and aslo to help with all the house hold bills.
Please help this family out, as now that Jenn can not work their bills are going to start pilling up.
This little guy is an incredible young man and it breaks our hearts for having to see him so through so much all ready in his life.
The Loukes family will be VERY thankful of any kind of support that you can give them in a time like this.
Nathan is a seven year old who was diagnosed with Congenital Glaucoma and Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bone Disease) shortly after birth. Since then he has received four eye surgeries, with the hope of maintaining the partial vision that he has left, and has broken over thirty-three bones. His family travels to Vancouver every three months so Nathan can receive infusions for the collagen that his body doesn't naturally produce. Despite all of this, Nathan has managed to attend school on a fairly regular basis - he is in grade two at KELSET Elementary. In March of this year, Nathan was having his regularly bi-monthly eye exam and it was discovered that his ocular pressure was at an ultimate high, and that the drops that are done on a daily basis are no longer working. While awaiting his surgery date to implant a drainage device, Nathan fell off a four foot high slide in his Central Saanich backyard, was taken to Victoria General Emergency, where he underwent two surgeries to repair his shattered elbow, broken wrist, and spiral break that tore his tibia and fibula in half. He is now at home and will remain casted from toe to shoulder for the remainder of the school year. His mom, Jennifer, has had to temporarily leave her job as a part-time teacher in order to care for Nathan for the remainder of the year. The Loukes family will be heading to Vancouver - casts and all - as soon as they get the call to head to Vancouver for Nathan's eye surgery.
Any money donated will be to help with medication, travel expenses, equipment that might need to be perchases and aslo to help with all the house hold bills.
Please help this family out, as now that Jenn can not work their bills are going to start pilling up.
This little guy is an incredible young man and it breaks our hearts for having to see him so through so much all ready in his life.
The Loukes family will be VERY thankful of any kind of support that you can give them in a time like this.
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Janet Reynolds
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Saanichton, BC
