Donations needed to help with Nicholas’s therapy.

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This is our beautiful Nicholas. He is 8 years old and was born with a brain injury resulting in Cerebral Palsy. It has been an uphill battle every day. He continues to fight and we are doing Everything in our power to help him. Every dime we have is spent on his treatments and therapies. Nicholas returned four months ago from having advanced technology to treat Cerebral Palsy. This Cytronix treatment could/will be life-changing for our boy. We must now concentrate on doing as much intensive therapy as possible to have his brain understand how to process all the new information and continue his amazing progress. He is showing Improved balance, improving his chewing, and he is eating 50% more during each meal. This treatment is healing the areas in brain that are damaged. The more intensive therapies that we can give to Nicholas the more progress he will make. We just completed a four week intensive physical therapy program in Bonita Springs. Nicholas is thriving and making strides each and everyday! The team here is so committed to helping him on our journey, it’s truly a blessing to be able to have them as part of our team to help and support us in our journey. If you can please donate now to help us in getting Nicholas as much therapy as possible during this even more beneficial time, it would help even more now then ever. Please share this gofundme with whomever you can. Please feel free to share it wherever you can; Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, or anywhere you may feel could help our boy. Thank you so very much for anything you can do. Please share this GoFundMe This is our story from the beginning if you would like to read about our little Nicholas, born February 9th, 2017. This is where he wound up approximately 12 hours after his birth. After being transferred to two different hospitals in Orlando they never did figure out why he stopped breathing. The CAT scan and MRI determined a diagnosis of HIE (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy). Approximately one in 1,000 Babies receive this diagnosis every year. This is when the brain is deprived of oxygen at some point and causes damage. We remained in the NICU for 12 days until we were able to bring our precious boy home. At 16 months we received our diagnosis of spastic diplegia Cerebral Palsy as well as a few others. Our baby has seen possibly every doctor and specialist out there who could even remotely help him. There have been emergency room visits as well as hospital admissions. We are on a first name basis with our Neurologist, Neurologist Physiatrist, and Pediatrician. Daily therapies include; occupational therapy, physical therapy, feeding therapy, speech therapy, ABM therapy (Anat Baniel Neuro movement), CME therapy(Cuevas Medek Exercise), MNRI therapy, Hippotherapy (horse back riding), HBOT (hyperbaric oxygen chamber), as well as a once a month intensive ABM therapy 6 hour/3day sessions. Nicholas works very hard and continues to progress. The therapies not covered by insurance cost us $4000.00 each month. The latest research done at Duke University run by Dr Kurtzberg has shown that Stem Cell Therapy has improved brain connectivity and motor skills in pediatric patients with Spastic Cerebral Palsy. The gains that patients are making in months are sometimes not seen for years in mainstream therapies. This is the most remarkable research ever for brain injuries along with Dr Harch, Director of Hyperbaric Medicine at LSU Health from New Orleans School of Medicine in Louisiana. His proven protocol on Hyperbaric oxygen chamber (HBOT) has now shown to help in conjunction with the Stem Cell Therapy by lowering inflammation in the brain and increasing the blood flow. This helps the stem cells to get to the damaged areas they need to repair. The cost for these therapies are expensive and  will be ongoing for years. The first round of  HBOT with Dr Harch in Louisiana is expected to cost $12,000.00. The initial Stem Cell Therapy is $16,000.00. The recommendation of these therapies are every 6-12 months. These costs are a huge undertaking in addition to many other  expenses. Those prices are not inclusive of  flights or lodging. This is why I am asking for  help. Nicholas deserves a life where he can be  independent. Where he can sit up, walk, feed  himself, speak, and dress himself! At this time,  he is fully dependent on others. I know, these  therapies Will be his miracle. If you can, please  donate whatever you can to help him. Nothing is too small, anything will help. Thank you so much  for reading this! Nancy Wendelken  PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY!