Hello,

I am setting this up to try and help this beautiful family in their time of need. Bella has been in children's hospital for almost a month and with her dad by her side the whole time (which is right where he needs to be) it has taken a huge financial tole on them. If you can spare anything to help they would be forever grateful. We know however, times are hard for most, so even if you can not help right now please just simply share this! Bella is a sweet soul who spreads joy to anyone she meets so lets spread some joy in this hard time and lets help this family!!! Below is the full story straight from Bella's mom, Airen.

"On January 15th, Bella and I got the flu and then shortly after that, kobe and Jeff came down with it as well.

Kobe and Jeff got better in a couple days but Bella and I were still quite sick. Bella started to look and feel a bit better but on the 22nd, it turned and she became so tired. I had talked to our doctor and because her vitals were stable, we decided to see if the virus would just run its course. If she wasn’t better by the 29th, I’d bring her in to see the doctor to start antibiotics.

Because Bella is on bipap and a saturation monitor at night, someone always has to be awake.

She does get nursing a few times a week so I can sleep too.

On the 28th I had woke up from a nap around 9ish so jeff could go to bed.

Bella was lying peacefully on the couch sleeping.

Around 1am she said she needed to go to bathroom. She was struggling to balance so I helped her there.

After, she tried to get up and was struggling. I managed to help her up and was helping her back to the couch when her legs wouldn’t move and then she collapsed on me.

I screamed for Jeff and he came down.

She was going blue and her breathing was so fast and hard.

We called 911 and got her to the hospital.

At that time they said she was just dehydrated but as we were there, her heart started having issues.

They decided to fly her to BCCH that morning. Jeff had to go with her because I was still symptomatic and couldn’t go to BCCH.

Once there, she was admitted into ICU. It took the team there a few days to figure out what was going on.

They had given her heart little shocks because she went into a fib.

Then her white count spiked.

They did scans and finally found the source but by this time, Bella was sepsis.

At this point, my swabs had come back and I was positive for the same infection Bella has. This particular strain only effects those with compromised immune systems. Which is why Jeff and Kobe never got it.

A few days after being in ICU, they noticed red marks showing up and they spread quickly. She went for emergency surgery at midnight to try to get the infection out.

Since then, every few days they had to go in and open them up again and clean them out.

The one area on her leg now has a negative pressure vacuum to help suck the infection out and help heal it.

Bella is now on heart meds to control her arrhythmias, which is working.

She has lost the ability to walk and eat.

While she has always been tube fed, she could eat little bits by mouth. But that is no longer an option for her as she chokes.

She is still at BCCH and we aren’t 100% sure when she will get to come home.

There are talks about her going to sunnyhill until we get everything we need for the house for her to return.

Once home, she will need both Jeff and I by her side to help settle into the new life and help with physio.

We don’t know when Jeff will be able to return to work and he is our soul provider.

This was a really hard post to write as we have been financially stable for some time and it’s never fun being in this position."