Support for Baby Dean’s PPHN Fight

Updates on Dean as of 1/30/2024:

Dean is stable on a new ECMO machine (day 17 on ECMO) and trying out some new treatments. He still has severe PPHN but we are praying the new treatments are effective.

Our family is blown away by everyone's generosity!! We have almost hit the goal in just a couple of days! Your contributions mean so much and any shred of stress and worry we can lift off of Trevor and Amanda's shoulders makes a huge impact. Their out-of-pocket max is nearly covered, and I am going to bump up our goal a little bit to account for some of the fees associated with this fundraising platform.

My name is Lindsey, also known as Aunt DeDe, and I am on a mission to raise funds for my very special nephew named Dean Ralph Hyde and his family, Amanda (Momma), Trevor (Daddy), and Jordan (big brother). It is with a heavy heart that I even have to create a fundraiser for such a heartbreaking event.

Baby Dean came into this world on January 13, 2024, in a completely ordinary way. After an uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery for Amanda, Dean was doing great and passing all is tests and meeting family, until 12 hours later. Dean started turning blue and cyanotic and was quickly taken to NICU for oxygen and nitric oxide for what was severe persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) with an unknown cause. After not responding to treatment, Dean was soon transferred to CHOA and put on extracorporeal life support where an ECMO machine is acting as his lungs and heart to oxygenate his blood. Dean has been on ECMO ever since receiving various treatments with still severe pulmonary hypertension, a condition that should have taken only 3-4 days to resolve.

This is any parent's worst nightmare, and my brother and sister-in-law have been living it every single day for over 2 weeks and have not left Dean's side. Anyone that has had a baby in NICU knows what a roller-coaster it is, with good news one day, and bad news the next. To exacerbate the pain that Trevor and Amanda are feeling every day, the looming costs of this treatment are weighing heavy. If you can find it in your heart to contribute to this fund, it will mean the world and go towards Dean's PPHN fight and costly ECMO bills. Even if you cannot contribute, please share their story so we can help get Trevor, Amanda, and Dean through this without added financial stress.

Every day that we get to spend with sweet little Dean is an absolute blessing. Nobody will ever understand why this is happening, or why 7-10% of infants with this rare condition don't respond to treatment, but we will continue to pray and search for answers until all efforts have been exhausted. Little Dean is a fighter, and his short presence in this world has already changed our entire family's lives in a profound way.

Thank you for contributing or sharing, or even just praying that Dean pulls through. Our family appreciates all of the love and support.