Getting the Sniders Home Safely
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I’d like to introduce you to my friend Molly. Her and her family are making their way back to Fort Wayne and they need our help! Read their story below, let’s get them here safely.
To set the scene: a twenty foot U-Haul, our little purple Rogue, and Granny’s support minivan, heading out from the wide open spaces and big blue skies of the southern New Mexico desert and crossing nearly 1600 miles through Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana in the August heat.
Add in a few nights of hotels, road food, the melodious sounds of angry cats in dog kennels, a chatterbox 7 year old, the rattle of trached breathing and the clink of oxygen bottles, and wildly varying music tastes.
After over a year of planning and striving, we’re finally getting on the road and heading back to Fort Wayne.
Changing family dynamics, and a need for more robust professional, personal, and medical support systems, have made moving out of the Hobbs, New Mexico area absolutely essential.
Moving back to Fort Wayne means, to me, that if Griffin has another respiratory arrest or an illness, that we don’t have to fly him three hours and across state lines for appropriate medical help. If he is hospitalized, that I have friends that can pick Abby up from school for an afternoon and I don’t have to worry about a two hour drive between the hospital and home. It means that for most of Griffin’s appointments, or Abby’s retinal exams, or my endocrinologist appointments, I travel 20 minutes instead of three hours. It means that to get to a Craniofacial clinic that is familiar with Treacher Collins Syndrome, we drive from 2-4 hours to Dayton, Indianapolis, Chicago or Cincinnati instead of 10-12 hours to Houston of Denver. It means we are less likely to be on a waiting list for a nurse for over a year.
It also means more access to counseling for all of us as we process the past few years, for access to college for Jack, for more recreational options for Abbs and Griff, for a wider range of career opportunities and professional training for me. Also Tincaps baseball games, zoo trips, having the kids experience a toboggan run, and the Johnny Appleseed Festival.
Any gifts received will offset fuel, lodging, and meals on our move. We appreciate all of your love, prayers, laughs, memes, and support. We have the best, most loving village that spans the world, and I am absolutely humbled by and honored to have you all.
To set the scene: a twenty foot U-Haul, our little purple Rogue, and Granny’s support minivan, heading out from the wide open spaces and big blue skies of the southern New Mexico desert and crossing nearly 1600 miles through Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana in the August heat.
Add in a few nights of hotels, road food, the melodious sounds of angry cats in dog kennels, a chatterbox 7 year old, the rattle of trached breathing and the clink of oxygen bottles, and wildly varying music tastes.
After over a year of planning and striving, we’re finally getting on the road and heading back to Fort Wayne.
Changing family dynamics, and a need for more robust professional, personal, and medical support systems, have made moving out of the Hobbs, New Mexico area absolutely essential.
Moving back to Fort Wayne means, to me, that if Griffin has another respiratory arrest or an illness, that we don’t have to fly him three hours and across state lines for appropriate medical help. If he is hospitalized, that I have friends that can pick Abby up from school for an afternoon and I don’t have to worry about a two hour drive between the hospital and home. It means that for most of Griffin’s appointments, or Abby’s retinal exams, or my endocrinologist appointments, I travel 20 minutes instead of three hours. It means that to get to a Craniofacial clinic that is familiar with Treacher Collins Syndrome, we drive from 2-4 hours to Dayton, Indianapolis, Chicago or Cincinnati instead of 10-12 hours to Houston of Denver. It means we are less likely to be on a waiting list for a nurse for over a year.
It also means more access to counseling for all of us as we process the past few years, for access to college for Jack, for more recreational options for Abbs and Griff, for a wider range of career opportunities and professional training for me. Also Tincaps baseball games, zoo trips, having the kids experience a toboggan run, and the Johnny Appleseed Festival.
Any gifts received will offset fuel, lodging, and meals on our move. We appreciate all of your love, prayers, laughs, memes, and support. We have the best, most loving village that spans the world, and I am absolutely humbled by and honored to have you all.
Organizer and beneficiary
Christian Bowser
Organizer
Fort Wayne, IN
Molly Snider
Beneficiary