Help support little Angus’s medical fight

Hi!

I am a part of a Facebook group called “Aussie Bubs Born Jan-March 2021.

In this group, many of us have been following little Angus’s journey.

Angus was born 10 weeks early in November 2020. Since he was born, he has faced many medical challenges, including spending 67 days in NICU at 3 different hospitals. He and his family live on the South Coast.

Here is a little bit about the family, from Angus’ mum Leah;

”We are a family of seven.

Dylan and l have been together nearly 5 years and he has two daughters Summer 8 and Kaylee 6 and we have 3 boys together. Our eldest Jax is 3 has global delay and other development and medical conditions. Cooper was born 7 week prem and is now 2 years old.

Then we have our Mr Angus. Born 10 weeks early and is now 8 month old 5.5 corrected.

It is safe to say Angus hasn't had the easiest start to life. Countless admissions into many different hospital some being nearly 3 hours from home and extended stays up to 5 weeks at a time.”

When he arrived home, it was only a month before Angus started having central apneas (stopping breathing) and his parents were told they had nearly lost their little boy. After 5 weeks of testing he has been diagnosed with many different health issues such as atrial septal defect, hearing loss, short sighted of the eyes, kidney issues, severe reflux, lung disease and central apneas.

Angus requires low flow oxygen and a feeding tube.

Since March Angus’s development has declined and this has resulted in many hospital admissions. His team suspect he may be having seizures and other issues with his brain. The therapist told Angus’s parents that, with everything going well, he would be diagnosed with Bilateral Cerebral Paulsy - requiring long term intense therapy to help him achieve a good quality of life.

Angus travelled to Sydney for his latest MRI (last week) which indicated that he had aspirated and had a collapsed lung. This meant he was not going home and instead needed to have emergency surgery to investigate what was happening with his lungs and throat. His family was warned of the possibility of ICU admission should the surgery not go to plan, but his team were quite confident that he would be okay.

His mum Leah got the worst phone call four hours later to inform her that Angus’s surgery had gone very wrong, and he was in the ICU. Leah was not able to see him for two hours after that because the team could not stabilise him.

Once Leah was able to see him, she was told he had fluid in his lungs and was having central apneas.

Angus is currently as of today (22 July 2021), still fighting for his life in the ICU. His mum has been told that his blood pressure is through the roof, his little body is swollen, she has witnessed him turning blue in front of her and needing to be bagged to save his life.

On top of this, due to current COVID restrictions, only one parent is allowed to be with him per 24 hours. With other children to look after, and being located hours away from the hospital, Angus’s dad has not seen him for over a week at this point and Leah has not seen her family at all for a week either.

Angus’s dad Dylan has also had to take time off work to look after Angus’s siblings, and Leah has to pay accomodation fees in order to stay near her baby, resulting in financial strain for the family.

I am putting forward this fundraiser for Angus and his family to cover bills, accommodation fees and anything else that may be required, so that maybe we can take even a tiny bit of worry off Angus’s family so they can focus on helping him.