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Matt and Janelle's Baby Fund

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Hello all,

We are asking you to help us put an end to our fur baby madness and have a real baby!  As many of you know, Matt had CML Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, a non-genetic cancer. Traditional treatment of bone marrow transplant, gave him about an 8% chance of a survival, let alone a normal life. Thankfully, he was the first Colorado recipient of a double cord blood transplant up at the University of Minnesota Fairview survivor, and is going on 12 years of being cancer free.  With that said, the treatment did cause Matt to become sterile.  He has always dreamed about becoming a Dad and in doing so he banked sperm before the treatment.  We have been using this banked sperm for the past three years without any success.  We are now down to our last four samples, which we want to use for In Vitro Fertilization as it has a much higher success rate, but a much higher cost in association with it.  Please help not only Matt, but also both of us in achieving our dreams of becoming parents.  We have started saving for this, but due to large students loans, we aren't able to do this quickly.  Any and all donations are appreciated and welcome.  If you cannot donate, please share and get the word out there!  

Sincerely,

Matt and Janelle


Below is estimated cost for 1 cycle of IVF, multiple cycles are done at a discounted rate, which is why we are asking for $20,000:

Your estimated total is: $15,320
Medication: $1,500
Pre-cycle Costs: $2,070
Sonohysterogram $585
Trial transfer $135
Semen analysis $125
Semen culture $135
FSH level $85
Initial Visit $320
E2 level $85
TSH $90
Free T4 $50
Prolactin $120
Pre-pregnancy screening $340
Cycle Costs: $11,750
Base Cycle Cost $8,100
Anesthesia $580
Blastocyst Transfer $630
ICSI $1,840
Embryo Freezing $600

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    • 8 yrs

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Matt Ruggiero
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Arvada, CO

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