Help For The Becerril Family

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WOW friends and family, what an AMAZING show of support for the Becerills!  Heather and Justin are literally speechless over this.  Your generosity will allow them to focus on the boy's and not worry, what a gift!  I've increased the goal because clearly people LOVE this family and we all know that San Francisco is an expensive place to be for weeks on end!  Thank you from the bottom of Heather and Justin's hearts for these gifts of friendship, love and support.  As many of you already know, Heather and Justin Becerril have recently been blessed with two beautiful son's, Justin Daniel Becerril Jr. (4.83 lbs.) and Jaxon Dallas Becerril (3.72 lbs.) who were born on October, 6 2021.   During Heathers pregnancy the doctors discovered that "Baby B", who is now their sweet Jax has a significant heart defect that will require him to have multiple open heart surgeries, the first of which will occur in the next several months.   Prior to their birth Heather and Justin had an appointment with a pediatric cardiologist at UCSF hospital to learn more about Jax's heart condition. Heather and Justin live in Sacramento, so this particular appointment was several hours away but they expected to be home that same evening. While there however, they discovered that Heather's blood pressure was dangerously high so they kept her overnight for observation.   Unfortunately, Heathers blood pressure did not improve and the doctors began to see strain on the babies. The decision was made to deliver the boys via C-section, 6 weeks early, to ensure both Heather and the babies were safe.   Happily both boy's were delivered and Heather's blood pressure corrected. As a result of Jax's heart condition both boy's were expected to need to stay at UCSF for a short period of time before Heather and Justin could bring them home.   As is often the case with premature babies, particularly when there are health challenges, several unexpected problems have arisen. On Tuesday little Jax was having airway difficulties and the doctors discovered his vocal cords were fused together causing him to struggle to breath. They were able to preform a surgery to resolve the fusion, however in order to prevent the cords from fusing back together Jaxon will need to be kept on a ventilator for at least the next 7 days while the cords heal. As you might imagine this was a set-back to his already fragile state.   Since Heather and Justin are so far from home they are staying in a local hotel and likely will need to be there for many weeks to come until the boy's are stable enough to be moved. The unexpected San Francisco delivery makes it virtually impossible to have affordable lodging and the cost being incurred for lodging and meals is putting a stain on the family.   I am just one of many, many friends of this sweet family and I'd love to see us all band together to help them get through this time at UCSF without having to worry about finances. Please join me in support of Heather, Justin, "JJ" and Jax --- let's take at least some of the stress away for them!!   Any amount will help and every single donation will be greatly appreciated.