Help baby Jovi and the Forstner family!

Hello, my name is Kayla Hagen. I work at Noah's Ark Daycare infant room, where sweet Jovi attends. Noah's Ark would like to give back to Jovi and her family and help them in this time of need by creating this gofundme. Jovi was recently diagnosed with Neuroblastoma. Here is a recent post from her mama Brianna Forstner:

Hello, all.

So the news of Jovi is slowly spreading and people are reaching out. We sincerely appreciate all of the love, support and gracious prayers from everyone.

A couple of weeks ago, we noticed a sudden increase in fussiness with Jovi. At times, she was difficult to console. We brought her in a few times. I had a gut feeling something was wrong, but the blood work and xrays did not show any signs of concern. A lot of sweating, but really no fever. She did have some respiratory stuff going on, so we were treating her for that. She even got tubes put in, which we were hoping would relieve whatever discomfort she was having.

A fews days ago, I was just trying different things with her, because she was still so fussy. I noticed she was not able to bare weight on her legs or sit up on her own. During certain movements, her foot would shake.

We ended up bringing her to CHC at Wickersham on 9/14. They didn’t find a whole lot either, but the doctor was concerned about her muscle control and made a call.

Jovi and I drove up to Mayo St. Mary’s in Rochester that night. They had a bed waiting for her. We got up to her room around 9pm and there were a lot of people anxious to meet her. We had a lot of visitors and she was not really having it. The team had decided she would have an MRI right away in the morning(9/15) to investigate further, as they had some concerns about neurological findings.

9/15: We went down around 7:15am to get her ready for her MRI. They anticipated it taking a little longer because of the scans they wanted to do. Around 3 1/2 hours later, she still wasn’t out. I continued to wait to be called back to recovery.

I had gotten called back to our room to talk to the team, because they wanted to go over her scans. I knew at that point something was wrong because she still wasn’t out of the MRI.

A parent’s worst nightmare is now our reality.

Neuroblastoma.

Jovi has a very large mass in her upper back that extends up into her neck. It has compressed her spinal cord, causing impaired mobility. It is now affecting her arms and neck. The mass has also extended to some surrounding parts.

She is prepping for surgery now to remove the portion compressing her spinal cord. We will start chemotherapy tonight. The plan is to be aggressive to give her the best chance at regaining her strength and mobility. The game plan will be revisited day to day.

We are completely devastated with this news. Watching our poor Jovi in so much pain has been heart wrenching. She has so much fight in her, though. We have hope that she will recover and faith in God’s hands that we will get through this. She has an amazing team of doctors here and the best support team back home.

Thank you all for the love and support. We ask that you continue to send prayers to our sweet baby girl.