Help With Jaime & Jayden’s Medical Bills

Lisa & Kin are two of my dearest friends. They have been through SO much the past 2+ years. Please help anyway you can to help with Jaime & Jayden’s medical bills, bills in general, gas, food or anything else they need the money for.

 

Donations can also be made to their Venmo accounts @chi_lisa or @Kin_Lim

 

Here’s a background of Jaime & Jayden from the parents:

 

“This is our story...

 

On December 19th, 2019, Lisa had an emergency c-section. Jaime and Jayden were born at 24 weeks and they were considered micro preemies. It was definitely one of the most scary, stressful, don't-know-what-to-do situations. Jaime and Jayden have been such fighters since day 1.

 

Jaime spent 7 months in the NICU. In July of 2020, she was discharged from the NICU and was able to go home with oxygen. Since then, she's improved significantly and eventually was able to wean off the extra oxygen. Started walking. Being a normal baby. We thought, "at least one of our kids is home and is good."

 

Jayden, on the other hand, was in the NICU for 11 months due to his heart condition and lung disease and had to undergo a tracheostomy surgery to help with his breathing. After his NICU stay, he was transferred to a Children's hospital to help with his motor functions since he was bed-rest since birth. It was a LONG 21 months for Jayden. He had so many events that scared us shhtless. After 10 months at the Children's hospital, he was healthy enough to be discharged to go home. He was discharged in September of 2021.

 

After Jayden was home, he also improved significantly. Considering he was stuck in his crib for 21 months, with little to no movement, once he came home, he learned to crawl. He saw Jaime walking and wanted to copy her. He learned to pull himself up. He learned to cruise around. Two months after being home, he's shown so much improvement, in terms of mobility and learning ability, than he did during his whole stay at the Children's hospital. His breathing was still an issue as he was discharged on a ventilator. Just recently, we were also able to wean him off the additional oxygen and he's been great since. There are plans for surgery later this year to remove the trache.

 

We finally caught a break. Boy, were we wrong…

 

We thought, "Finally, both of our kids are home. We can finally be a family of four without needing to go to the hospital every week."

 

On December 2nd, we felt a mass on the side of Jaime's abdominal area. We weren't too sure what it was. But we also did not want to risk it. We brought her to our pediatrician. They told us that we should get a sonogram at the hospital. Since we had an appointment at the hospital the following Monday for Jayden, we thought, let's try to fit Jaime in and get her checked out. We got her an appointment with GI to get a sonogram. On December 6th, from the initial scans, we overheard that it looked cancerous. We didn't want to believe it. The hospital staff told us to go to the ER for another scan. It was indeed cancerous.

 

Jaime was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, a type of liver cancer.

 

Our hearts dropped. We didn't know what to do. We just kept thinking, 'Why is this happening to us? What did we do to deserve this? She's already been through so much. WE have been through so much. Why did this have to happen to our little girl?'

 

Once we accepted the reality of this.. we did what any parent would do and tried to get her the best help possible. She started getting chemotherapy. The first week was the worst. Her tiny body couldn't handle it. The chemotherapy hit her pretty hard. She turned pale. She stopped smiling. She was not her playful self. She lost 2-3 pounds. To us, 2-3 pounds is nothing. To Jaime.. It was really noticeable.

 

At this point, she's gone through 4 rounds of chemotherapy. Whilst it shrunk the tumor slightly, it was not small enough to be resectable. The cancer has spread to the portal veins and it would be too dangerous to operate. She would need a liver transplant. And here we are...”