Helping the Beidleman Clan meet their needs

Hi, we are Brittany and Elmer, Elijah's mom and dad. Eli has had a really hard start to life in the last almost 2 years. Among other smaller diagnosies, Eli has had lots of issues with his head. From a concussion, to abnormal head growth, brain swelling and other things, Eli has recently been regressing. In May, Eli was running around, playing with baby brother, the happiest kid in the world, until his head started growing rapidly. He has since been admitted for testing, and has spent countless amounts of hours in appointments and therapies. In June, Eli had to learn how to walk again and he has never picked back up all the words he lost. September 9th, Eli was in the emergency room. They now believe that every tumble he takes, is causing brain injury. Every 2 year old falls (quite often), but to Eli, it could be devastating. The emergency room doctors are thinking a possible degenerative brain disease, which is a very scary, and life-threatening diagnosis. However, we cannot be sure until we see a new neurologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

This hospital is over 4 hours away from home, without any stops for snacks or diaper changes. Which is super important to young children like Eli! Mom and Dad would like to stay down in Philadelphia the night before as Eli's appointment is the next morning at 8 am for testing. This appointment cannot be missed as it may lead us to some answers that we have desperately been searching for!

The issue is, Mom and Dad can simply not afford it at this time. While we are working hard at coming up with the money, we are just not sure that's plausible between now and October 27th. Any help would be greatly appreciated to help us get Eli to this important doctors appointment that may help save his life. Thank you all so much for reading our story; and thank you for sharing and helping in anyway possible. ❤