Our nephew John's Medical Fund
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Dear family, friends and all of those who love children.
Our nephews, John and Oscar came to Canada with their mom, my sister in law Gloria, to visit all of their family in Canada during the summer.
During their visit, John wasnt feeling well and it seemed as though he just had a cold but Gloria took him to the doctors to make sure he was ok.
After a couple of days of rest he was not improving. Gloria took him to the Cobourg Hospital where he spent the night for close observation and unfortunately his situation became worse.
They decided to send him by ambulance to the Peterborough hospital and they found that his heart and liver had become swollen.
On Friday August 7th, 2015, an emergency rescue team was sent to Peterborough to take John and his mom by ambulance to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and he was admitted to the intensive care unit.
After hours and hours of testing and more testing and trips from hospital to hospital, Gloria had a meeting with all of the doctors and discovered that John had suffered congestive heart failure which had caused the swelling of his heart and liver. The cause of his heart failure is cardiomyopathy.
John's heart was only working at 15% and they have been giving him medicine to help his heart pump.
His situation has become worse and the only hope for him now is to take him home to Spain for a new heart.
Gloria has been by his side every minute of every day and her husband has come to Canada to be with Gloria, their "Baby John" and his twin brother "Oscar baby".
John's twin brother, Oscar has been saving him a seat at the dinner table, the couch to watch movies and the wagon they have been playing in during their visit in Canada at grandma & grandpa's home.
I have a goal to raise funds to help Gloria, Oscar Sr, Oscar Jr and John Jr to help them with their medical expenses and their most needed flight home to a hospital in Madrid.
I am asking family, friends and our community to please help by continuing to pray for John and by sharing his story and giving generously to help make this journey easier for Baby John and his family.
Our nephews, John and Oscar came to Canada with their mom, my sister in law Gloria, to visit all of their family in Canada during the summer.
During their visit, John wasnt feeling well and it seemed as though he just had a cold but Gloria took him to the doctors to make sure he was ok.
After a couple of days of rest he was not improving. Gloria took him to the Cobourg Hospital where he spent the night for close observation and unfortunately his situation became worse.
They decided to send him by ambulance to the Peterborough hospital and they found that his heart and liver had become swollen.
On Friday August 7th, 2015, an emergency rescue team was sent to Peterborough to take John and his mom by ambulance to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and he was admitted to the intensive care unit.
After hours and hours of testing and more testing and trips from hospital to hospital, Gloria had a meeting with all of the doctors and discovered that John had suffered congestive heart failure which had caused the swelling of his heart and liver. The cause of his heart failure is cardiomyopathy.
John's heart was only working at 15% and they have been giving him medicine to help his heart pump.
His situation has become worse and the only hope for him now is to take him home to Spain for a new heart.
Gloria has been by his side every minute of every day and her husband has come to Canada to be with Gloria, their "Baby John" and his twin brother "Oscar baby".
John's twin brother, Oscar has been saving him a seat at the dinner table, the couch to watch movies and the wagon they have been playing in during their visit in Canada at grandma & grandpa's home.
I have a goal to raise funds to help Gloria, Oscar Sr, Oscar Jr and John Jr to help them with their medical expenses and their most needed flight home to a hospital in Madrid.
I am asking family, friends and our community to please help by continuing to pray for John and by sharing his story and giving generously to help make this journey easier for Baby John and his family.
Organizer
Laurie McKeen
Organizer
Cobourg, ON