Need help after son tragic accident
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We are raising money for our sister Crystal and her youngest son and our nephew Brandon. Brandon is 5yo who was in a tragic accident on 9/14/2017.
His clavicle artery was severed and lung were damaged. He underwent immediate emergency surgery, in which he went into cardiac arrest 4 times and lost so much blood that he needed over 20 units of blood. It was the worst possible situation. His outlook was grim.
They were able to get him stabilized enough to have him lifeflighted to another hospital to be admitted into the PICU. However, before transport we were all advised he was in very critical condition. The doctors had only given him a 10 percent chance to live and weren't sure if he had sustained brain damage due to the lack of oxygen.
They arrived to the PICU and was still severely bleeding and the doctors advised that he would have to lose his left arm. Although something no one was expecting happened and he opened his eyes. He knew his mom. He followed the nurses instructions. So despite being down for over 20 minutes, we were thankful he woke up and knew who we were.
He held his own overnight and the following morning they took him for his second surgery to try and save his left arm and to complete the emergency surgery he had the night before. He did great through his surgery and were able to save his arm, by removing a part of his carotid artery in his leg. The doctors are not sure if he will ever be able to move it and it would take a year for them to actually know for sure. As of today 9/16/17. He is still in stable condition. He was feeling agitated this morning but was able to stick out his tongue when asked by the nurses. Also, he calmed down by hearing his mom. They have to keep an eye on his chest and can't rule out that he won't need another surgery, and will need another surgery on his arm.
So we are hoping to raise money to help raise money to help Crystal with medical costs, being out of work, and having to commute to the hospital from home. She also has an older son that needs her as well.
So if there is anything you can do to help this little family every little bit counts. It would be greatly appreciated by her. I know she is just happy to still have her little boy but we would love to see anything that would be able to help her with this burden.
Thank you so much,
From all of her sisters; Jessica, Loni, Jen, and Malynda.
His clavicle artery was severed and lung were damaged. He underwent immediate emergency surgery, in which he went into cardiac arrest 4 times and lost so much blood that he needed over 20 units of blood. It was the worst possible situation. His outlook was grim.
They were able to get him stabilized enough to have him lifeflighted to another hospital to be admitted into the PICU. However, before transport we were all advised he was in very critical condition. The doctors had only given him a 10 percent chance to live and weren't sure if he had sustained brain damage due to the lack of oxygen.
They arrived to the PICU and was still severely bleeding and the doctors advised that he would have to lose his left arm. Although something no one was expecting happened and he opened his eyes. He knew his mom. He followed the nurses instructions. So despite being down for over 20 minutes, we were thankful he woke up and knew who we were.
He held his own overnight and the following morning they took him for his second surgery to try and save his left arm and to complete the emergency surgery he had the night before. He did great through his surgery and were able to save his arm, by removing a part of his carotid artery in his leg. The doctors are not sure if he will ever be able to move it and it would take a year for them to actually know for sure. As of today 9/16/17. He is still in stable condition. He was feeling agitated this morning but was able to stick out his tongue when asked by the nurses. Also, he calmed down by hearing his mom. They have to keep an eye on his chest and can't rule out that he won't need another surgery, and will need another surgery on his arm.
So we are hoping to raise money to help raise money to help Crystal with medical costs, being out of work, and having to commute to the hospital from home. She also has an older son that needs her as well.
So if there is anything you can do to help this little family every little bit counts. It would be greatly appreciated by her. I know she is just happy to still have her little boy but we would love to see anything that would be able to help her with this burden.
Thank you so much,
From all of her sisters; Jessica, Loni, Jen, and Malynda.
Organizer
Jessica Bartleson
Organizer
Kingston, PA