Grant Bender immune disorder fund
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This fund is to help the Bender Family with cost of living expenses and medical expenses (whatever is not covered by insurance) as they take care of their son who needs to be isolated.
Grant was born in September 2016 to Winston and Lila Bender. Soon after birth he was diagnosed with Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID). This is a genetic disorder that causes his immune system to be almost non-functioning. This means even a small cold is life threatening. The only cure is to go through chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant.
However, Grant has a unique situation. His immune cells seem to be growing at a very slow rate. This is good and bad news. The good new is, the doctors are holding off on the bone marrow transplant to see if his immune cells will grown on their own. The bad news is that it might take a year for this to happen. Transplant or not, Grant is still extremely vulnerable to infection and should be carefully isolated at home. This also means, Winston is not able to work because of potential of bringing home germs that could be life threatening for Grant. He is also undergoing weekly immunoglobulin treatment at home to help defend against protection. This is very expensive and insurance will only cover for 6 months. Please consider supporting Winston and Lila as they take care of their son and wait for more results.
Updates are available at
www.facebook.com/groups/1789724861316827/
Grant was born in September 2016 to Winston and Lila Bender. Soon after birth he was diagnosed with Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID). This is a genetic disorder that causes his immune system to be almost non-functioning. This means even a small cold is life threatening. The only cure is to go through chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant.
However, Grant has a unique situation. His immune cells seem to be growing at a very slow rate. This is good and bad news. The good new is, the doctors are holding off on the bone marrow transplant to see if his immune cells will grown on their own. The bad news is that it might take a year for this to happen. Transplant or not, Grant is still extremely vulnerable to infection and should be carefully isolated at home. This also means, Winston is not able to work because of potential of bringing home germs that could be life threatening for Grant. He is also undergoing weekly immunoglobulin treatment at home to help defend against protection. This is very expensive and insurance will only cover for 6 months. Please consider supporting Winston and Lila as they take care of their son and wait for more results.
Updates are available at
www.facebook.com/groups/1789724861316827/
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Organizer and beneficiary
Diane Magill
Organizer
Culpeper, VA
Lila Bender
Beneficiary
