$3,130 raised
·47 donations
ReidE's Medical Expenses
Donation protected
We were devastated when little Reid was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy last year, but we were overwhelmed by the outpouring of love, sympathy, and support. We've been saying since those first days that when we need help, we'll ask for it. So many of you have offered, and now we are asking that you help in any way you can.
DMD is a horrific disease. It is a spontaneous mutation, meaning it can affect anyone regardless of their family history. For a parent, diagnosis means you will forever have a shadow lurking over your son. Each day that ReidE should be growing healthy and strong is one more day that the disease is making his muscles - his heart - grow weaker. We have been seeking to find our family's new normal, but the reality is that our ReidE will never be able to run. He will never be an astronaut, or a train engineer, or a policeman like his grandpa. His life will not be normal. Our lives will not be normal.
And that's okay.
But each day that passes brings him closer to the one in which he cannot walk, cannot feed himself, cannot breathe on his own, and the one when we will be robbed of him entirely.
Please help us fight.
We are fighting for his quality of life and his quality of care. We are fighting to keep him making exciting and happy memories. We are fighting to keep him comfortable, and as healthy as we can possibly help him be. The expenses are going to be outrageous. We will soon be needing a wheelchair-accessible vehicle. He will need a hospital bed to prevent bedsores and lung infections. We will need to travel to DMD clinics and specialists beyond New Mexico, and we will need to modify our homes to make them more wheelchair friendly.
We are truly blessed to have a vast support group of friends and family. We are blessed that this terrible news has brought our family even closer and created a strength and a bond that surpasses what we could have ever hoped for. To each of you that has reached out with love, prayers, and support, we are enternally grateful. Please help if you can. We appreciate you all.
I encourage you to watch the video below. It gives an idea of what we are up against. You can also find extensive information about DMD at http://www.parentprojectmd.org
DMD is a horrific disease. It is a spontaneous mutation, meaning it can affect anyone regardless of their family history. For a parent, diagnosis means you will forever have a shadow lurking over your son. Each day that ReidE should be growing healthy and strong is one more day that the disease is making his muscles - his heart - grow weaker. We have been seeking to find our family's new normal, but the reality is that our ReidE will never be able to run. He will never be an astronaut, or a train engineer, or a policeman like his grandpa. His life will not be normal. Our lives will not be normal.
And that's okay.
But each day that passes brings him closer to the one in which he cannot walk, cannot feed himself, cannot breathe on his own, and the one when we will be robbed of him entirely.
Please help us fight.
We are fighting for his quality of life and his quality of care. We are fighting to keep him making exciting and happy memories. We are fighting to keep him comfortable, and as healthy as we can possibly help him be. The expenses are going to be outrageous. We will soon be needing a wheelchair-accessible vehicle. He will need a hospital bed to prevent bedsores and lung infections. We will need to travel to DMD clinics and specialists beyond New Mexico, and we will need to modify our homes to make them more wheelchair friendly.
We are truly blessed to have a vast support group of friends and family. We are blessed that this terrible news has brought our family even closer and created a strength and a bond that surpasses what we could have ever hoped for. To each of you that has reached out with love, prayers, and support, we are enternally grateful. Please help if you can. We appreciate you all.
I encourage you to watch the video below. It gives an idea of what we are up against. You can also find extensive information about DMD at http://www.parentprojectmd.org
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Arelis Haskamp
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Rio Rancho, NM