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<div>My name is Alysha and this is my son, Elijah.
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<div>Weeks after his birth He was diagnosed
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<div>with a congenital defect called
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<div>Hirschsprung's Disease.
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<div>At 1 month, he underwent surgery to
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<div>remove a portion of his
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<div>colon. After which he was forced to
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<div>wear a colostomy bag...
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<div>During the next 3 months he struggled to gain weight and was
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<div>hospitalized again to determine why.
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<div>The doctors figured out he needed
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<div>more sodium which seemed to really
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<div>help him gain weight. At 4 months He was still small, but finally moving in the right direction with his weight. His dad and I were happy because he was thriving.
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<div>For the next 6 months we had no
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<div>issues...
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<div>Doctor reports were great. 
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<div>Now 10 months old, He was
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<div>scheduled to have his final corrective
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<div>surgery right after his 1st bday.
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<div>His dad and I were filled with hope that our little boy would be ok...
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<div>The problems seemed to restart when the baby formula shortage began. 
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<div>Due to early medical issues, I wasn't able to breastfeed him, which meant we had to depend on baby formula.
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<div>The formula we found for him was
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<div>organic and pure, it was also expensive but the best.
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<div>He drank this formula for 9 months before the shortage began...
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<div>Suddenly, the food which had
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<div>sustained him throughout his entire life was no where to be found. 
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<div>After an exhaustive search, We were forced to settle for the best we could find... (a lesser quality brand than he'd become accustomed to).
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<div>On June 1st he became suddenly
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<div>ill (vomiting, diarrhea and a fever).
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<div>I took him to emergency and he was
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<div>admitted for a colon infection... But the
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<div>doctors didn't know what caused it.
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<div>After 5 days he was discharged with a prescription for antibiotics and I
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<div>thought we were ok...
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<div>I took him to his follow-up
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<div>appointment on June 10th and got all great reports.
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<div>On June 20th, the symptoms that surfaced 19 days before, suddenly returned... (vomiting and diarrhea).
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<div>He was still drinking his bottle and had no fever however, so I watched him
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<div>closely, checking his temperature
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<div>every 2 hours...
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<div>Around 10:30 that night, I checked his
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<div>temperature and saw it had risen to
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<div>100*
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<div>I immediately packed him up and took off to the ER.
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<div>As I reached the check-in desk of the
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<div>ER he just... stopped breathing...
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<div>They immediately took him to the
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<div>trauma unit to administer CPR.
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<div>But His heart stopped for 25 minutes
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<div>before they could get a pulse...
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<div>Minutes later his heart stopped for
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<div>another 10 minutes before ER workers
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<div>Within minutes his heart stopped again for another 8 minutes before they
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<div>Elijah was without a pulse for over 40 minutes...
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<div>He was placed on a respirator and we were told the next 48-72 hours were
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<div>critical. 
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<div>After 3 days We were given the worst news I've ever received in my
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<div>life!
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<div>The worst moment imaginable... The
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<div>doctors told us he sustained
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<div>diffuse brain hypoxia, meaning... His brain was severely damaged due to lack of oxygen during the 43 min he was without a heartbeat.
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<div>Damage the doctors are saying is irreversible...
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<div>To current date, our son no longer laughs, smiles, talks, crys, eats, waves bye bye or anything of the things he could do 10 days ago.
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<div>Every specialist we've spoken
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<div>That he will most likely never do any of those things again...
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<div>The doctors in the ICU told us they
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<div>would continue all efforts to sustain his
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<div>body but that he would never return to being how he was...our baby.
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<div>His dad and I have been basically living in the hospital with him the last 10 days...
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<div>We've been praying hard and searching for some kind of remedy that'll repair our son's brain and bring him back to us.
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<div>We don't know how much longer our son is going to survive, but we are
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<div>remaining hopeful for a miracle...
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<div>This is in the face of doctors telling us he could and probably will slip away any day...
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<div>To make matters even worse, one month before this all began my son lost medical insurance.
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<div>We were in the process of getting things worked out when this all happened, but the medical bills have piled high...
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<div>They are currently over $300,000.
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<div>We're asking for help with medical expenses and to have money available to acquire the best treatment we can find for him.
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<div>We know what the doctors are saying but, we can't just give up on our son...
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<div>If you've read this far down, please give your best,
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<div>It will be deeply appreciated.
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<div>If you know of any promising treatments that can replenish our son's brain function, please reach out to us at <a href="https://mailto" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">[email redacted]</a>
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<div>God Bless
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