Cades Mended Heart Surgery Journey!
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My name is Adam and i work with Cades mom Bree in Tampa. I thought it would be an amazing idea to assist this hard working family as they prepare to travel thousand of miles away to prepare Cades for heart surgery. Bree and her husband Ashton are the parents of 3 kids ages 10,8 and 2.5 years old Cade Easton! Their youngest son Cade was born with a Congenital Heart Defect that will require Open Heart Surgery out of state in a few short months. Even though insurance is helping with a portion of the surgery cost. Cade will travel out of state to New York to have his surgery completed and him along with his siblings and parents will need to remain in New York for 4 weeks 
post surgery. There are many other expenses that aren't covered for little Cade, and his family truly needs every bit of help to cover the added expenses to have him seen by this particular pediatric cardiology surgeon. He is truly a wonderful human being, and a huge part our future generation and history. Please help us in securing this young boys future with us all, and his family as Cades parents and siblings would be forever grateful.
CADES JOURNEY
Update: Story from Bree( Cades Mom) 3/5/2020
As many of you may know our Cade Monster has been approved for heart❤️ surgery June 3 in New York. Our GOD is so FAITHFUL!!
My wonderful coworker made this fundraising page from the kindness and generosity of his heart. My coworkers generosity and compassion to want to do something so sweet to lighten the load has brought me and my family to tears and I so thankful.
As many as you know Ashton and I would never do a fundraiser for ourselves so God placed a wonderful coworker in my life to want to organize this for us simply because he wants to help.
Pediatric Congenital heart defects are now ranked one of the top birth defects with 25% of babies born with heart defects needing open heart surgery. Our little warrior is apart of that 25%!
Cade’s Story: When i was pregnant with Cade and went for my 20 week anatomy scan i was told my son had some issues with his heart and i would need to see a specialist for the rest of my pregnancy. I was told that Cade had a hole in his bottom chamber of his heart called a VSD and it may close. Thankfully that whole closed up but I want to proclaim how Awesome our God is!
Although the VSD closed in the lower chamber of Cades heart, we found out he had a 2nd hole after he was born. This “hole” is considered a Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect. It is a congenital defect of his heart and will need to be repaired. Ashton and I have been very open about not feeling 100% comfortable with the hospital options my insurance offers here in Florida for open heart surgery for toddlers , so we spoke to tons of people and they recommended Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester New York as there is a heart center specifically for Children. Although doctors do this surgery a lot with great success , Cade’s location of his hole is rare and only seen in 5% of kiddos because the hole is so high near a major artery. This will not only require patching Cade’s heart, the surgeon will also relocate an artery that is in the wrong location.
We will start our 2 day road trip to New York with the girls, Cade and Ashton and I in May to make it to upstate Newyork. Cade’s surgery is set for pre-op appointments on 6/2 with open heart surgery scheduled for 6/3. He will be in pediatric ICU for a minimum of 5-7 days. Because of the surgery we have to stay out of state for a minimum of 4 weeks until he is cleared by his surgeon. I will need to continue to work during this time, so I will have to fly back and forth between Tampa to New York.
CADES DIAGNOSIS:
1. Large Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect
2. Partial anomalous pulmonary Venous return
3. Moderately dilated right atrium
4. Moderately dilated right ventricle
5. Open heart surgery June 3, 2020
Why we chose not to have surgery in our home town of Tampa:
The hospital locally that was assigned to Cade for pediatric cardiology has been under governmental watch for 13 known cases of either injury or death in children with a congenital heart defect. As parents we could not live with ourselves allowing Cade to be operated on and not feel 100% comfortable , so we will do whatever it takes to get him the best care possible.
I personally from the bottom of my heart want to thank Adam for caring so much about my family and wanting to assist in any way possible. We thank each of you for your prayers and donations. I promise to provide updates on our Heart Warrior when we start our Journey in a couple months.
God Bless everyone
Love ❤️ Ash and Bree
post surgery. There are many other expenses that aren't covered for little Cade, and his family truly needs every bit of help to cover the added expenses to have him seen by this particular pediatric cardiology surgeon. He is truly a wonderful human being, and a huge part our future generation and history. Please help us in securing this young boys future with us all, and his family as Cades parents and siblings would be forever grateful.CADES JOURNEY
Update: Story from Bree( Cades Mom) 3/5/2020
As many of you may know our Cade Monster has been approved for heart❤️ surgery June 3 in New York. Our GOD is so FAITHFUL!!
My wonderful coworker made this fundraising page from the kindness and generosity of his heart. My coworkers generosity and compassion to want to do something so sweet to lighten the load has brought me and my family to tears and I so thankful.
As many as you know Ashton and I would never do a fundraiser for ourselves so God placed a wonderful coworker in my life to want to organize this for us simply because he wants to help.
Pediatric Congenital heart defects are now ranked one of the top birth defects with 25% of babies born with heart defects needing open heart surgery. Our little warrior is apart of that 25%!
Cade’s Story: When i was pregnant with Cade and went for my 20 week anatomy scan i was told my son had some issues with his heart and i would need to see a specialist for the rest of my pregnancy. I was told that Cade had a hole in his bottom chamber of his heart called a VSD and it may close. Thankfully that whole closed up but I want to proclaim how Awesome our God is!
Although the VSD closed in the lower chamber of Cades heart, we found out he had a 2nd hole after he was born. This “hole” is considered a Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect. It is a congenital defect of his heart and will need to be repaired. Ashton and I have been very open about not feeling 100% comfortable with the hospital options my insurance offers here in Florida for open heart surgery for toddlers , so we spoke to tons of people and they recommended Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester New York as there is a heart center specifically for Children. Although doctors do this surgery a lot with great success , Cade’s location of his hole is rare and only seen in 5% of kiddos because the hole is so high near a major artery. This will not only require patching Cade’s heart, the surgeon will also relocate an artery that is in the wrong location.
We will start our 2 day road trip to New York with the girls, Cade and Ashton and I in May to make it to upstate Newyork. Cade’s surgery is set for pre-op appointments on 6/2 with open heart surgery scheduled for 6/3. He will be in pediatric ICU for a minimum of 5-7 days. Because of the surgery we have to stay out of state for a minimum of 4 weeks until he is cleared by his surgeon. I will need to continue to work during this time, so I will have to fly back and forth between Tampa to New York.
CADES DIAGNOSIS:
1. Large Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect
2. Partial anomalous pulmonary Venous return
3. Moderately dilated right atrium
4. Moderately dilated right ventricle
5. Open heart surgery June 3, 2020
Why we chose not to have surgery in our home town of Tampa:
The hospital locally that was assigned to Cade for pediatric cardiology has been under governmental watch for 13 known cases of either injury or death in children with a congenital heart defect. As parents we could not live with ourselves allowing Cade to be operated on and not feel 100% comfortable , so we will do whatever it takes to get him the best care possible.
I personally from the bottom of my heart want to thank Adam for caring so much about my family and wanting to assist in any way possible. We thank each of you for your prayers and donations. I promise to provide updates on our Heart Warrior when we start our Journey in a couple months.
God Bless everyone
Love ❤️ Ash and Bree
Organizer and beneficiary
Adam Harnen
Organizer
Riverview, FL
Breonna Scaccia
Beneficiary