Support needed Therapy for Richard’s baby boy!

Some of you will be aware of Blessing's tough journey to date, but please bear with us for those who aren't...

Blessing was born at 24 weeks' gestation via an emergency caesarean section on the 14th of February 2021. Blessing had a stormy course in the Neonatal Unit with grade 3/4 IVH and seizures, presumed meningitis, sepsis and prolonged need for respiratory support.

On day 2 of life, Blessing was diagnosed with bilateral grade 3 IVH. Recent assessment showed he continues to have poor development and has early features of cerebral palsy. And although he has not go stiffness developed yet, he is at significant risk of worsening if appropriate measures are not taken for therapy.

Fast forward to today, we are hoping get Blessing into the Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or HBOT. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a type of treatment used to speed up healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, gangrene, stubborn wounds, and infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen.

It involves increasing the exposure to pure oxygen in a pressurized room or tube to breathe in pure oxygen in air pressure levels 1.5 to 3 times higher than average. The goal is to fill the blood with enough oxygen to repair tissues and restore normal body function.

As you can imagine, the family has a long and difficult road ahead. If you are in position to do so, please consider donating and/ or sharing this link.

We would truly appreciate any amount, great or small, and of course expect none. However, any donation amount is appreciated more than you know, and goes towards helping ease the financial burden and stress in the weeks and months that are to follow. Your help will allow the parents to focus on what is truly important, the treatment and recovery of their precious baby boy, Blessing.