Andrew The Heart Warrior: Continued Care

This fundraiser is to help Michelle and Jared pay for Andrew's continued medical care.

To those who have been following on with Andrew's journey, things have not gone exactly the way we had hoped. However, we still have faith and Andrew is a tough little guy!

Andrew was recently transferred from Cook Children's in Fort Worth to Dallas Children's in downtown Dallas. Unfortunately, his heart function has not been improving as hoped. While they are still working on bringing up Andrew's heart function, he is also going to be placed on the transplant list.

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a birth defect that affects normal blood flow through the heart. As the baby develops during pregnancy, the left side of the heart does not form correctly. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is one type of congenital heart defect. HLHS affects about 1 in every 4,000 newborns. HLHS requires generally three surgeries, all before the age of four, to correct blood flow in the heart. While this is still the goal, it may be that Andrew requires a transplant, instead.

There is not currently a day that we can expect Andrew to come home. The commute from west Fort Worth to Dallas to make sure Andrew has a family member with him at all times, letting him know how truly loved he is and making sure the family is always in the loop on medical decisions and stats, is a long one. We're in it for the long haul.

Any little bit you can contribute is appreciated more than our family can ever express. Toll tag fees, gas, lost wages, food, medical bills, insurance... it all makes an overwhelming situation that more stressful.

If donating through Venmo is easier, Jared's venmo is @jaredhooten.

Thank you all for your continued prayers and thoughts for our family and for baby Andrew.