Giving Valentina some normalcy

Valentina was born on May 1, 2019 with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. She spent 694 days in the hospital before coming home for the first time last week. While inpatient she had 6 surgeries, 4 of which were open heart. On top of her major surgeries, she had complication after complication including strokes, seizures, anaphylactic reactions, and being transferred to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for 9 days to have a life saving procedure done before being flown back to Michigan. 

Having my 3 girls home together for the first time is wonderful, but it’s definitely hard being a single parent doing it on my own. Taking care of Valentina is a full time job. She is on 30 different medications that she gets 2, 3, 4 times a day. Insurance doesn’t cover the cost of all of her supplies. It’s been a week and things arealready starting to add up. 

In addition to starting this for the cost of medical supplies, I’d like to give my girls a sense of normalcy that they haven’t had in 2 years. Valentina can’t go to the park and play or swing like a normal child her age because it’s just too risky. She’s already immunocompromised and with covid, it’s not an option for us. I’d like to get a fence for my yard so my girls can have a space of their own to thrive in without having to worry about germs from other kids. 

I appreciate everything everyone has done for us and I truly believe that without everyone’s prayers, Valentina wouldn’t be here with us. Thank you! 

If you would like to help donate a different way, I also have Venmo: @FrancescaGarnetti