Karina Gleason & Ralph Mason Support Fund

On what was expected to be the best day of their lives baby Ralph Mason was born. While baby Ralphie is perfect in every way, Karina had a number of severe complications during and after child birth. Karina experienced severe hemorrhaging just prior to and during delivery leading to loss of clotting ability and the massive transfusion requirement of more than 20 units of blood, plasma and platelet concentrate. Fluid began to cause complications and the collapse of a lung and complications with her heart. Dialysis was attempted to remove the excess fluids before she was transferred to CRMC in Fresno. She is currently on ECMO, a form of life support. Sadly, this catastrophic chain of events lead her to become sedated even before meeting her baby and she is currently on a number of life support measures. The events have left her family, and extensive network of friends who would call themselves family as well, in a state of shock to say the least. While prayers and positive thoughts are needed and appreciated this will surely leave a financial burden as Ralph and baby Ralphie are left awaiting Karina to recover. The medical costs are untold at this point, Karina's ability to recover fully undetermined. We would like to ensure that the financial burden is not of concern for the family allowing them to focus on Karina and her return to her home and new family.