Gideon’s Medical Expenses

Hello everyone,

It has been over a year since Gideon's last fundraiser. It was a huge success and relieved the financial burden we were struggling with at the time. Despite living frugally, we are faced with many astronomical costs associated with Gideon's special needs. We have applied for many different forms of government assistance, multiple times, and have been denied all of them. Not only are we struggling with the day-to-day expenses, but there are therapies and treatments we want for Gideon to help his brain that we could never be able to afford.

To share our present expenses:

-Gideon's special diet ($500 a month)

-TBI Rehab Clinic intensive treatment ($10,000)

-new wheelchair ($5,000)

-new gait trainer ($4,000)

-new AFOs ($1,000)

-current therapies ($700 a month)

To refresh everyone on Gideon's medical situation, Gideon was born at 40 weeks on his due date of Christmas day. Although Gideon was born in a hospital with a competent team of medical professionals and was under constant monitoring, as far as we can speculate the second before he was born he severely aspirated his meconium and died. When they put him on my chest he was completely flaccid and unresponsive. The nurses recognized something was wrong and they immediately started life-saving interventions on him. He was intubated and after 10 minutes, God brought Gideon back to life through the hands of the medical team.

The NICU doctor told us that because Gideon had no oxygen to his brain for 10 minutes that he now has a brain injury called HIE: Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, and has to quickly be rushed to the NICU to receive a cooling treatment. This hypothermic therapy will stop further cell death. I believe that this treatment gave us the amazing quality of life he has now. We spent a long and difficult 57 days in the NICU.

Due to the damage in his brain, Gideon acquired cerebral palsy. CP is a physical disability. Gideon is 3 years old and is unable to walk independently. He is non-verbal, on a pureed diet, and needs assistance with every single moment of his day. Despite the many challenges and stressors that comes with being a special needs family, he is priceless, precious, the light of our life, a blessing, a gift, a true delight, and just an incredible little boy. Every obstacle we are faced with is nothing compared to the joy we experience getting to be his parents.

Romans 8:18 “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”

We understand these are hard times for everyone, and truly appreciate any donation of any amount. We also ask for prayers of healing, complete restoration, God’s sovereignty and providence, and ultimately His Will for our life. Thank you in advance for any donation or prayer, it means the world to us.