Support Baby Ellison and her daddies

Baby Ellison Louise came into the world on April 18th and immediately stole her daddies' hearts with her huge, alert eyes and her button chin. When she stopped breathing four days later, her dads were terrified and took her to the hospital where she was put on oxygen and a feeding tube.

Ellison was diagnosed with Pierre Robin Sequence, a  rare congenital defect that is characterized by several growth anomalies. Her recessed mandible and retracted tongue block her airways so she cannot breathe. Because of a cleft palate, she chokes when she attempts to eat. She will undergo lengthy operations over the next year-- the first one scheduled for this Thursday, where surgeons will break her jaw and insert two distractors that will be turned each day to expand her jaw. This process will take three weeks, at which point she will have reconstructive surgery with a plastic surgeon. Later down the line, she will have surgery to close her cleft palate.

Foster and Andrew, new fathers, have a long road ahead of them in terms of Ellison's health. They need help not only with Ellison's medical bills, but with incidental expenses: hospital parking, therapy, medical equipment, and an oxygen monitor. 

Because of our current pandemic, only one parent is allowed to be in the NICU. Andrew is devastated that he won't be able to see his daughter for months from now, when she is released. 

I love my brother and his partner so much. It pains me immensely to see them going through this. ANYTHING helps. And PLEASE share this fundraiser far and wide. We all want Ellison to be healthy and get home as soon as possible.

They are currently at a hospital in San Antonio, Texas and live in Austin, Texas.

I will continue to update this page.