Get Gavin to Perthes Camp
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Gavin was diagnosed with Perthes Disease in September of 2014.. What is Perthes Disease you might ask?
Perthes disease is a childhood hip disorder caused by a disruption of blood flow to the ball (called femoral head) of the hip joint. The loss of blood flow produces the death of bone in the femoral head, which is referred to as "avascular necrosis" or "ischemic necrosis" of the femoral head.(Perthesdisease.org,2015).
He has the worst case of Perthes that has been discovered his whole right hip is completely shattered.
He was a very avid sports player until this disease hit. He played Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, Tennis and played like most 7 year olds do. .
It all came crashing to a halt one day as he was trying to walk and collapsed. He had a limp that had popped up before the diagnoses but we thought it was just because he was so active. When he collapsed it was time to seek a different kind of medical help, a few X-rays later we had the Perthes diagnosis.
We started seeing Perthes Orthopediac doctors in Memphis and the expense is starting to weigh us down.
He has now had two hospital stays,(the most recent was almost a week long) a wheel chair and most days uses a walker to get around. Gavin is a canidate for an artificial hip but not until his is 14. Therefore hospital stays are inevitable and constant medical care is a must.
I as his mother had to leave my job to take care of him because of the extent of the condition at this moment. . He has a team of 25 study doctors from all around the world who are on his case. Any donations for his care would be a true blessing and anything over what our bills are will go to WWW.PERTHESDISEASE.ORG to help fund research.
We would like to thank you in advance.. God Bless
Amber and Gavin
******UPDATE***** Gavin finally got approved for state insurance but we are still dealing with bills stemming from Septemeber 2014.. We know God provides but now we are headed to Perthes Camp in Tampa FL and will need help lodging ect...
Organizer
Amber Norwood
Organizer
Paris, TN