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Our dear friends Malina and Justin have faced some of their hardest days they will ever face when their baby girl was hospitalized over a week ago. With days and days of no answers and endless grueling tests the diagnosis finally came in that sweet Savannah has infant botulism.
The condition is frightening because it can cause muscle weakness, breathing problems and so many other scary symptoms.
It is very rare: Fewer than 100 cases of infant botulism happen each year in the United States. She is in the best hands at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and is on the road to recovery.
If you know Malina, Justin, Liam and Savannah it goes without saying that they have hearts of gold and would help anyone in need at any given time. It's our turn to hold hands as a community and help this amazing family in their time of need.
A post from Malina prior to receiving a diagnosis:
The hardest days of my entire life. On Mother’s Day no less, which is a perfect representation of what motherhood is. We fight for our baby’s and we stay strong when all we want to be is weak and fall to our knees. Thank you to everyone who has reached out and sent prayers, sorry I haven’t responded to all I just don’t know the sky from the ground at this moment and we really don’t have definitive answers or progress yet. Hug your babies ❤️
The condition is frightening because it can cause muscle weakness, breathing problems and so many other scary symptoms.
It is very rare: Fewer than 100 cases of infant botulism happen each year in the United States. She is in the best hands at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and is on the road to recovery.
If you know Malina, Justin, Liam and Savannah it goes without saying that they have hearts of gold and would help anyone in need at any given time. It's our turn to hold hands as a community and help this amazing family in their time of need.
A post from Malina prior to receiving a diagnosis:
The hardest days of my entire life. On Mother’s Day no less, which is a perfect representation of what motherhood is. We fight for our baby’s and we stay strong when all we want to be is weak and fall to our knees. Thank you to everyone who has reached out and sent prayers, sorry I haven’t responded to all I just don’t know the sky from the ground at this moment and we really don’t have definitive answers or progress yet. Hug your babies ❤️
Organizer and beneficiary
Misty Oliver
Organizer
Watsonville, CA
Malina Terra
Beneficiary