Hello all, recently my brother and his wife had their sweet baby girl. She wasn't due until 3/21 and she was born on 1/4. Not only is she a very tiny preemie, she has multiple health complications. I'm making this GoFundMe to help them. The next 4-6 months are going to be extremely difficult. My brother is a police officer and currently not working due to a work injury, and his wife is a nurse. She was planning on working for the next 3 months until sweet baby Ava Rose was born. They have two boys who will need them as well: Michael, who is 6, and Kaden, who is 4. Our family has been doing everything we can to assist them, but they are going to have monster bills since Ava is in the NICU. Below is a post from my sister-in-law. It explains Ava's situation. Anything to help them is greatly appreciated. We're all praying to God that she pulls through.

Brea posted:

We are so grateful and appreciative of how many people are praying for our sweet girl! I've read all your messages and feel so blessed to have so many reaching out for support. On a norm, I probably wouldn't be sharing so much of my child’s medical info on the internet, but I'm hoping someone may be familiar with this situation as well as I know lots of people are praying and asking for updates to know what specifically to pray for.

So far on baby Ava…

She was not only born prematurely, but she has a condition called hydrops. This is where her body has retained fluid for an unknown reason. She was born with fluid in her lungs, abdomen, and skin. She's on a very special ventilator to help with the fluid in her lungs, and it is slowly showing improvement. Same with her abdomen, improving slowly.

Another thing is she has thrombocytopenia. She's not producing blood clotting factors and has had a subdural brain bleed from this. Doctors are closely monitoring to make sure no more bleeding occurs in her brain, as well as the bleed she did have doesn't cause any increased pressure in her brain. She is on a continuous EEG monitor and is having seizures, so she is on seizure medication. But so far, no more additional brain bleed. With the thrombocytopenia, she's not only at risk for bleeding in the brain but anywhere in her body, so she's pretty bruised. She's continuously getting blood products to keep her alive. She has slowly shown signs of improvement here and there that we are clinging onto for hope. Doctors are working on trying to figure out what caused the hydrops. In some cases, they never truly get down to a cause. I had just been diagnosed with gestational diabetes last week and while in labor was found to have extra amniotic fluid. Doctors say it really wasn't due to that. Other than having COVID and HFMD, the pregnancy was going great. For some reason, my body knew she was becoming very sick and got her out. Without being delivered prematurely, doctors said she would have been stillborn. Ava is not only facing the struggles of being born too early but is very sick from the hydrops and anemia and has those challenges to face on top of that.

Please continue to pray she continues to pull through and her body starts producing blood clotting factors, and seizures stop, and her little body can focus on getting stronger each day. She's been a tough cookie so far.

Thank you to anyone who can help or even send their prayers and positivity!