Help me raise funds for Sadie Mae
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I'm raising funds for my little cousin, Sadie, and her family, because of what she is currently going through. This healthy little girl fell ill just before the turn of the New Year, and has been at the hospital ever since. Her parents have been by her side, as several life saving surgeries were performed in the past 2 weeks. The medical bills will be astronomical, and insurance will not cover it all. I have posted updates below to tell everyone the details of little Sadie's situation.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at [email redacted]. Mick and Tara have been at the hospital since Sadie became ill. I've asked permission before I started this campaign. They did not know before today that I would be trying to raise funds her.
Any funds we collect here will go directly to the cost of the surgeries she has had, the surgery she still needs, and the long term care that Sadie will need to grow into a strong young girl.
Thank you all for reading, and your consideration as our extended family in helping Sadie and her family!!!
Tara
January 15 at 11:35 AM ·
Where do I begin? Thank you all for being so understanding, supportive and helping us out so much. Even if I never responded to your text messages, phone calls, FB messages - I read it and heard you and appreciate it. This has been extremely difficult mentally, emotionally and physically so thanks for being patient.
My neighbors, Micks co-workers/family at the police department and FoP, my parents, Uncle Jakob and Aunt Julia , the Monahan’s, the Bossard’s, Ronald McDonald House, church .....We will NEVER be able to thank you enough. You will never know how much you are appreciated. We would have never been able to get through this without you. Seriously.
This is just an update. There’s no set date on getting home but hopefully the surgeries are done for now so she can heal.
My perfectly healthy 5 month old baby girls’ world got flipped upside down and will never be the same. She had/has:
RSV, bronchiolitis, H. Flu, pneumonia, respiratory failure(literally on NYE at 11:30pm), was placed on a ventilator (since 1/1), sepsis (klebsiella), septic shock, clot in a branch of her liver, then they found air bubbles in her bowel and she had necrosis of her small bowel where her small intestines where destroyed...dead AKA abdominal compartment syndrome. If she didn’t have the first surgery at 10pm last Saturday... she would have been dead by the morning. No lie, her life was saved numerous times. Since last Saturday, she has had 4.... FOUR surgeries. The first saved her life but removed a lot of bowel leaving her with only 90 cm. The surgeon left some questionable bowel in hopes that it would heal by her next surgery. The second surgery they had to remove more intestines because the bowel died bringing her down to 32 cms And left her bowels in 7 sections. Her third surgery was 6-7 hours and was cleaning and attaching most of her bowels but leaving the middle detached. Her fourth surgery attached the whole bowel so she has continuity. She now only has 30 cm of small intestines left. 30 CM! It’s called Short bowel syndrome or Short Gut. We are still in the hospital and it will probably be awhile. She needs occupational therapy, speech therapy, she has to learn to eat, she needs a special line for special nutrition (TPN), she has a gastrostomy (G tube -feeds go directly to her stomach), she has to meet still with GI doctors, infectious disease doctors, autoimmune disease doctor(they are making sure she doesn’t have an underlying problem) and respiratory therapist. We have a long road ahead but Sadie’s strength has kept us strong. She has been so strong.
Her doctors, nurses, surgeons.... have been amazing. There have been some days where a doctor would sit with me for a hour explaining things, leaving me cry, vent and hugs. Her surgeons, Dr. Dunn and Dr Chuck, have fought so hard and stayed up so late. Dr. Chuck (Paidas), the Division Chief of Pediatric surgery, puts a smile on my face every time I see him. He would draw me a picture after every surgery. I will save them forever. They mean so much. Sadie’s nickname is The Wild One because she’s constantly fighting everything. Her tubes, her sedation, everything
She will need a nurse at home, intravenous feedings, g tube feedings and a lot more that we haven’t even talked about. We literally are taking everything one minute at a time because things are happening so fast.
They are going to start feeding her soon so I’m sure bumpy roads are ahead so please don’t be surprised if I don’t respond or disappear again.
Thank God for giving us Sadie and giving her the strength through this. He is definitely watching over her and us.
Tara
January 17 at 6:02 PM ·
Miss Sadie had an exciting 2 days. First the ventilation tube was removed yesterday. As exciting as that is, there’s still a catch. Removing the tube means removing pain/sedation medication which means withdrawals. She’s fidgety, sweating, fever, uncomfortable and cranky. This is a big step for her though.
Today she got a lot of attention and love. Nurses, doctors, friends... everyone is so impressed with how she looks. She’s come such a long way. Her infectious disease doctors removed her isolation requirements which means no more yellow masks and gowns! So exciting!
We also met with a nutritionist, GI specialist, GI surgeon about what to expect and what they will be doing and what to look for. It’s a lot and these meeting are going to be frequent because every child is different so al medications, feedings, expectations are tailored to her.
She has one more surgery to place her Broviac Central Line for her nutrients and that will be in a week or two.
She has a very long way to go but she’s also made great progress.
Seriously... thank you all for the support, love, prayers, food, text messages... the list goes on. Thank you!!!
Any funds we collect here will go directly to the cost of the surgeries she has had, the surgery she still needs, and the long term care that Sadie will need to grow into a strong young girl.
Thank you all for reading, and your consideration as our extended family in helping Sadie and her family!!!
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at [email redacted]. Mick and Tara have been at the hospital since Sadie became ill. I've asked permission before I started this campaign. They did not know before today that I would be trying to raise funds her.
Any funds we collect here will go directly to the cost of the surgeries she has had, the surgery she still needs, and the long term care that Sadie will need to grow into a strong young girl.
Thank you all for reading, and your consideration as our extended family in helping Sadie and her family!!!
Tara
January 15 at 11:35 AM ·
Where do I begin? Thank you all for being so understanding, supportive and helping us out so much. Even if I never responded to your text messages, phone calls, FB messages - I read it and heard you and appreciate it. This has been extremely difficult mentally, emotionally and physically so thanks for being patient.
My neighbors, Micks co-workers/family at the police department and FoP, my parents, Uncle Jakob and Aunt Julia , the Monahan’s, the Bossard’s, Ronald McDonald House, church .....We will NEVER be able to thank you enough. You will never know how much you are appreciated. We would have never been able to get through this without you. Seriously.
This is just an update. There’s no set date on getting home but hopefully the surgeries are done for now so she can heal.
My perfectly healthy 5 month old baby girls’ world got flipped upside down and will never be the same. She had/has:
RSV, bronchiolitis, H. Flu, pneumonia, respiratory failure(literally on NYE at 11:30pm), was placed on a ventilator (since 1/1), sepsis (klebsiella), septic shock, clot in a branch of her liver, then they found air bubbles in her bowel and she had necrosis of her small bowel where her small intestines where destroyed...dead AKA abdominal compartment syndrome. If she didn’t have the first surgery at 10pm last Saturday... she would have been dead by the morning. No lie, her life was saved numerous times. Since last Saturday, she has had 4.... FOUR surgeries. The first saved her life but removed a lot of bowel leaving her with only 90 cm. The surgeon left some questionable bowel in hopes that it would heal by her next surgery. The second surgery they had to remove more intestines because the bowel died bringing her down to 32 cms And left her bowels in 7 sections. Her third surgery was 6-7 hours and was cleaning and attaching most of her bowels but leaving the middle detached. Her fourth surgery attached the whole bowel so she has continuity. She now only has 30 cm of small intestines left. 30 CM! It’s called Short bowel syndrome or Short Gut. We are still in the hospital and it will probably be awhile. She needs occupational therapy, speech therapy, she has to learn to eat, she needs a special line for special nutrition (TPN), she has a gastrostomy (G tube -feeds go directly to her stomach), she has to meet still with GI doctors, infectious disease doctors, autoimmune disease doctor(they are making sure she doesn’t have an underlying problem) and respiratory therapist. We have a long road ahead but Sadie’s strength has kept us strong. She has been so strong.
Her doctors, nurses, surgeons.... have been amazing. There have been some days where a doctor would sit with me for a hour explaining things, leaving me cry, vent and hugs. Her surgeons, Dr. Dunn and Dr Chuck, have fought so hard and stayed up so late. Dr. Chuck (Paidas), the Division Chief of Pediatric surgery, puts a smile on my face every time I see him. He would draw me a picture after every surgery. I will save them forever. They mean so much. Sadie’s nickname is The Wild One because she’s constantly fighting everything. Her tubes, her sedation, everything
She will need a nurse at home, intravenous feedings, g tube feedings and a lot more that we haven’t even talked about. We literally are taking everything one minute at a time because things are happening so fast.
They are going to start feeding her soon so I’m sure bumpy roads are ahead so please don’t be surprised if I don’t respond or disappear again.
Thank God for giving us Sadie and giving her the strength through this. He is definitely watching over her and us.
Tara
January 17 at 6:02 PM ·
Miss Sadie had an exciting 2 days. First the ventilation tube was removed yesterday. As exciting as that is, there’s still a catch. Removing the tube means removing pain/sedation medication which means withdrawals. She’s fidgety, sweating, fever, uncomfortable and cranky. This is a big step for her though.
Today she got a lot of attention and love. Nurses, doctors, friends... everyone is so impressed with how she looks. She’s come such a long way. Her infectious disease doctors removed her isolation requirements which means no more yellow masks and gowns! So exciting!
We also met with a nutritionist, GI specialist, GI surgeon about what to expect and what they will be doing and what to look for. It’s a lot and these meeting are going to be frequent because every child is different so al medications, feedings, expectations are tailored to her.
She has one more surgery to place her Broviac Central Line for her nutrients and that will be in a week or two.
She has a very long way to go but she’s also made great progress.
Seriously... thank you all for the support, love, prayers, food, text messages... the list goes on. Thank you!!!
Any funds we collect here will go directly to the cost of the surgeries she has had, the surgery she still needs, and the long term care that Sadie will need to grow into a strong young girl.
Thank you all for reading, and your consideration as our extended family in helping Sadie and her family!!!
Organizer
JD Hiker
Organizer
Conowingo Manor, MD