Help Family Whose 10 Year Old Had Leg Amputated
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On Friday, May 24th, 2019, my 10 year old niece Abbie was involved in a tractor accident which resulted in a serious injury to her right leg. She was rushed to the local hospital in Star Valley, Wyoming where she had a couple of surgeries. After four days, she was released and sent home to recover.
On Sunday, June 2nd, a rare flesh eating bacterial infection began to spread rapidly throughout her leg, and she was rushed to Primary Children’s hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. The doctors took her into surgery and told her parents they would lose Abbie if they did not amputate her leg immediately. A short time later, her entire leg, including the hip, was amputated.
Although the trauma from the surgery alone is overwhelming, the battle is not over as little Abbie must fight off the remaining infection in her system to survive. As of right now, Monday morning (June 3rd), the blood tests have been encouraging.
We are asking for donations to help support Abbie's parents Russ and Michelle as they care for Abbie during her recovery. Russ works full-time as a produce manager and has a side business pruning fruit trees. Michelle works part-time as a florist and raises her four young children. Your donations will help cover expenses they will incur from missing work, traveling, eating, etc. while Abbie recovers.
Russ and I went to elementary school together. His family moved from Idaho to New Mexico, but we became friends again in college and eventually married sisters (Michelle and Julie Saunders). I have always admired Russ for his work ethic. He is one of the hardest working and kind hearted people I know. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
Ron & Julie Anderson
UPDATE - 6/4/2019
To all of you amazing people we are blown away by your love and generous donations. As the reality of this situation settles onto us, we can see that there are a lot of unknowns. How many more surgeries will there be? Is prosthesis an option without the hip? How much counseling? Therapy? Wheel chairs? Car? Home modifications? With these thoughts in mind and seeing the widespread support from so many people we’ve decided to increase our goal to $100,000. This decision was not made lightly because we want people to know how seriously we take this. We consider every dollar donated to be a precious gift. Our hope is that we all can give Russ and Michelle some peace of mind by lifting some of the financial burden they will carry for years to come.
On Sunday, June 2nd, a rare flesh eating bacterial infection began to spread rapidly throughout her leg, and she was rushed to Primary Children’s hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. The doctors took her into surgery and told her parents they would lose Abbie if they did not amputate her leg immediately. A short time later, her entire leg, including the hip, was amputated.
Although the trauma from the surgery alone is overwhelming, the battle is not over as little Abbie must fight off the remaining infection in her system to survive. As of right now, Monday morning (June 3rd), the blood tests have been encouraging.
We are asking for donations to help support Abbie's parents Russ and Michelle as they care for Abbie during her recovery. Russ works full-time as a produce manager and has a side business pruning fruit trees. Michelle works part-time as a florist and raises her four young children. Your donations will help cover expenses they will incur from missing work, traveling, eating, etc. while Abbie recovers.
Russ and I went to elementary school together. His family moved from Idaho to New Mexico, but we became friends again in college and eventually married sisters (Michelle and Julie Saunders). I have always admired Russ for his work ethic. He is one of the hardest working and kind hearted people I know. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
Ron & Julie Anderson
UPDATE - 6/4/2019
To all of you amazing people we are blown away by your love and generous donations. As the reality of this situation settles onto us, we can see that there are a lot of unknowns. How many more surgeries will there be? Is prosthesis an option without the hip? How much counseling? Therapy? Wheel chairs? Car? Home modifications? With these thoughts in mind and seeing the widespread support from so many people we’ve decided to increase our goal to $100,000. This decision was not made lightly because we want people to know how seriously we take this. We consider every dollar donated to be a precious gift. Our hope is that we all can give Russ and Michelle some peace of mind by lifting some of the financial burden they will carry for years to come.
Organizer and beneficiary
Ron Anderson
Organizer
Brigham City, UT
Robert Russell Metge
Beneficiary
