Fundraiser for Braylon Jordan

As some of you may know, Braylon swallowed 8 earth magnets when he was almost two. In April 2012 he started throwing up and not eating. So we brought him to the ER where they did an X-ray. It's then that we found out our precious little boy had ingested something potentially dangerous. He was then sent to Childrens hospital of New Orleans. There he underwent major surgeries and fought for his life. He had the magnets removed on the 5th, also a repair of a puncture the magents made. Between then he had emergency surgery. Braylon started to "third space" which is where all the liquids he had been given was going into his tissues instead of his vessels. They looked at his incision and noticed he had leakage. They rushed him to surgery and discovered that he developed a fistula in the lower intestine. Which is a puncture. He turned septic and was admitted to ICU. They gave Braylon an osteomy them. On the 8th the surgeons came up and was going to tell us that they didn't think they needed to do the surgery today, but he noticed fasciitis on Braylons side. So he took Braylon to surgery and that's the day his small intestines had to be taken out. A blood clot had developed and cut off all blood supply to it. Braylon has to live on tpn and gtube feeds to survive from this point on. He can eat by mouth but he doesn't absorb the nutrients so it doesn't help much. Well, he survived that journey. He had his Osteomy took down. We had to go to Pittsburg after that to see if he was a transplant candidate. We endured excruciatingly painful videos about the lives of a transplant patient, that hospitals statistics, and diagrams. So when they told us that Braylon was 'too healthy' for a transplant we were relieved. But still needed to know our next step. So summer of 2014 we went to Omaha, Nebraska to have another transplant evaluation. After the testings they said Braylon wasn't a transplant candidate but he is an intestinal rehabilitation candidate. Meaning during our next visit, we would be there for several testings, including a colonoscopy, barium enema, and a scope. Also, we would lower the amount of his TPN as much as he could handle and up the rate and volume of his gtube feeds. This will help protect his liver. Tpn/lipids can cause sever liver damage. So the reason we are going back on June 8th-23rd is to do the rehab program for those three hard weeks is to prolong Braylons life. By doing this, If Braylon can handle it, we may work our way to him being completely off of tpn. Which would be amazing for him. It may not be possible to get completely off of tpn but the lowest amount he has to have is ideal. Our trip this year will cost more than last year. We will be flying, have to rent a car, and lodging. For three weeks! So we are coming to you amazing people again to ask you to share this or donate if you can. Braylon is such an amazing child. He never meets a stranger. He has come a LONG way, but still has a long way to go. Our trip for IRP will help that. Thank you all so much for your support for my family ,and most importantly, Braylon. God Bless you all. As always, All Glory To God! -Meaghin Jordan