We are raising funds to help Clayton and Darian Brown be able to be with their son Quincy while he is in the NICU. They live in Pleasanton, KS and Quincy is in the NICU in Joplin, MO. As of now, they are having to make the drive back and forth. The funds we are raising with this Go Fund Me will help pay for gas to get them back and forth, a hotel room when needed, and food and essentials while they are away from home. They do not know how long he will be in the NICU, but it is looking like he is in for a long, hard fight. Below I have posted their story. Thank you so much for considering helping them and for any donation you may have been able to make.

"Our sweet boy, Quincy Lane Brown was born 12/31/21 at 11:03 pm. He weighed 6.11 lbs, measured to be 20 inches long, and had the most beautiful head full of bright red hair just like his daddy… for several hours, we struggled to get him to come naturally… the last 2-ish hours worth of 'push time,' they took my belly monitors off and rolled me over on my belly to push… After about 20 minutes, I begged someone to check on him because I knew something was seriously wrong. I have never in my life felt that kind of pain, EVER, and I had our 1 year old naturally with no medication… at this point, no one would listen and automatically suspected it was just because I was in normal labor pain and no one tried to check on him at all. I screamed and cried and both Clayton and I asked for SOMEONE to listen to me… with no relief, over an hour went by and I kept trying and trying to push as they told me to do… nearing the second hour, a Nursery nurse came into my room and took over my care, and was very concerned as to why they hadn’t checked on my baby… she placed an electrode inside and on the top of his head, where his vitals then read that his heart rate was in the 40’s… her and Meranda May Brown unhooked me from all the electronics and wires and pulled my fluids off IV poles and rushed me down the hall to have an emergency C-Section, because as I screamed over and over, and begged for them to take him out, that I could not do this anymore, something was very seriously wrong with our baby…

Quincy was born 100% unresponsive and was wrapped up in the entirety of his umbilical cord… as Clayton described, his body looked like a raisin, his body was like a 'rag doll', and he had a head full of bright red hair.. in one side of the room, Clayton watched them desperately try to revive our baby. In the other side of the room, he watched me pool blood all over the place as they quickly tried to control a nasty hemorrhage caused by something called Placenta Previa(which was caused by me continuously trying to push when there was no room or enough cord between Quincy and his placenta, so it was tearing his placenta away from my uterus with every single push) and severe anemia… he was losing almost his whole family at that moment, and there was nothing he could do but stand there and watch us crash. They spent 45 mins reviving our son, doing compressions and bagging him manually. They got my bleeding under control and shipped me back to our room where Clayton was then made to follow.. fast forward to 1:45 am, I started waking up from the anesthesia and all I seen was my husband and my sister in law sitting on the edge of the couch not saying a single word. I looked around and asked where Quincy was, and Clayton just shook his head in tears. Meranda then explained what was happening, and several mins later they brought Quincy into my room for us to tell him goodbye. I couldn’t hardly move or focus, but I kind of remember it.. from that point on, my focus was getting us out of Pittsburg and to Joplin to be with our baby. Together we worked hard to help me get up and down as the Dr had asked of me before I could be released. Today, we were discharged and went to the other hospital to be with Quincy only to be told that because he is on a 'silent treatment', it would be best for him if we went home until they start pulling him out of a cryo-coma because any brain stimulation from unnecessary sounds or touch could really damage his brain. They have him on a cooling blanket, which is keeping his body significantly colder than normal to preserve any and all brain function he currently has. They have run probably 20 tests in the last two days and will have that many more to run after waking him up before we will have any real answers as to what comes next. As they said today, 'unfortunately it’s just a waiting game at this point, and there is nothing we can do right now to help the situation.' He has a very, very long road ahead of him, as do we. We love and appreciate all of you, truly, and can’t possibly put into words how thankful we are for all of your continued support. "