This is our son Ryker, he is currently 4 months old. At 20 weeks pregnant, the doctors said that he had a condition called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. He would be born with half a heart. When he was a week and 3 days, he had his first heart surgery. The doctors were only able to put bands on his heart valves due to the anatomy of his heart to reduce the amount of blood going to his body since he was getting too much blood that wasn’t oxygenated. We were told they would finish the surgery when he was a month and a half. By the time he was a month and a half surgery kept getting postponed because other kids were in more need than he was. At the time I understood but what made my child not as in need? After the doctor postponed it once, he kept postponing it more and more until further notice. December 22, 2025 an echo was done on his heart and ultrasound pictures were taken. They did not look at all of the heart like they were supposed to, just a certain part. On December 23, 2025 Ryker was scheduled for a cath lab for the cardiologist to take a microscope through the groin of his leg and go up to take pictures and measure pressures of his heart. They were supposed to look at everything with the heart and around. They did not do that! On December 26,2025 they decided to do surgery on January 13, 2026. January 12, 2026 came and an echo was scheduled to look at his heart. He also had an Xray done that morning. During the echo, while I was holding him upright, the sonographer found something. Surgery was canceled for January 13, 2026 and another Cath lab was scheduled instead. Later that day he was diagnosed with Pulmonary Artery Stenosis. The vein that comes from the lungs back to his heart is very small and narrow which is causing him to work 10x harder to breathe. His case of Pulmonary Artery Stenosis is severe and life threatening. Our child is currently on a ventilator and very very sick. He is fighting so hard for his life everyday. Augusta does not have the equipment to fix the pulmonary artery stenosis. Atlanta has also said they can not fix it. Boston Children’s Hospital is the only one that can fix it. Due to him being in critical condition they have also said they will not take him unless he is more stabilized. If Boston says a final no, then our child will be put on hospice care. We are looking for donations to either pay for us as parents to be with our child in Boston or to pay for funeral expenses. Everything is appreciated and if you can’t afford to donate, prayer is needed as well. Thank you from one mom and dad to another!
Organizer and beneficiary
Courtney Pratt
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