Help for Maddie and Tyler

In 2006, at the young age of 14, Maddie Tucker Coleman was diagnosed by Stanford University Hospital with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Houser Syndrome (MRKH).  MRKH is a congenital disorder that affects the reproductive tract of females. The occurrence rate is 1 in 5,000 females who are born with this disorder. At that time Maddie was told that she would not be able to have children. In 2012 Maddie started to experience severe pelvic pain and doctors found a tumor growing in one of her ovaries. During the surgery the surgeon discovered Maddie had one viable ovary with eggs which gave her and her family hope of a biological child.  In 2015 Maddie experienced more pelvic pain and another tumor was discovered.  The tumor was located right on top of her one viable ovary.  The doctors told Maddie if egg retrieval was going to be done, it should be immediately because they may have to remove the ovary as well as the tumor.  The doctors were able to remove the tumor and save her ovary; however, her fallopian tubes and uterus were severely deformed and she needed to have a hysterectomy.

Maddie met the love of her life, Tyler Coleman. Maddie was honest with Tyler that she would never be able to carry a child. In March of 2016 after Maddie and Tyler were married, doctors were able to harvest eggs from Maddie’s ovaries. Due to the overwhelming cost of all that is included in the IVF process for a surrogate, Megan Barker (Maddie’ mother) offered to carry Maddie and Tyler’s baby. Megan, 48, underwent In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) in March and on October 22, 2016, Gus Wyatt Coleman was born.

Unfortunately, insurance refused to cover the cost any of the medical procedures because Maddie was not going to be carrying the baby herself. Maddie and Tyler, as well as family members emptied their savings accounts and had to borrow the rest of money.

Maddie and Tyler have been blessed with a few more embryos that Megan has offered to carry for them. Since the cost is so expensive we want to help them anyway we can!

Please help Maddie and Tyler by donating to their fund to help them cover some of the cost of bringing another miracle into the world. Gus is excited to have someone to ride bikes and trick or treat with…………..  If you want to see the fantastic work they did the first time you can see their story at:

 

http://people.com/human-interest/surrogate-mom-gives-birth-to-her-own-grandson-its-the-greatest-gift/

 

GOAL: $15,000.00