Support Gregory, Cabrian, and their girls

On January 27th, 2023 at 2:37 AM, Cabrian and Greg welcomed their identical twin daughters, Arya Blake and Olivia Ryan into the world 16 weeks early. Arya weighed 1 lb, 4 oz, and Olivia weighed just 1 lb.

Arya Blake

Olivia Ryan

Olivia was born with multiple congenital anomalies, including Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), a ventricular septal defect, and multiple cardiac valve defects. She also had an unspecified esophageal defect and tears in her intestines that made passing a feeding tube to her stomach impossible without exploratory surgery. However, the problems with her heart combined with how little she was, gave her less than a 5% chance of surviving surgery.

Based on her NICU care team's recommendations, Greg and Cabrian made the impossible decision to compassionately withdraw care and allow Olivia to pass peacefully. Olivia was extubated and passed in her mother's arms with her dad, grandmother, and aunt by her side at 5:50 PM on January 27th, at just over 15 hours old.

Greg and Cabrian now have the devastation of losing their daughter to deal with on top of the months of intensive care that Arya will continue to require before being able to come home as well as their 4-year-old daughter Rowan, who has special needs as well and requires lots of therapies and attention.

Cabrian is a stay-at-home mom and Greg will not be able to take as much time off of work as they need to get through this time,

and still survive financially, without help. Anything to help them through this time is greatly appreciated.

If you are interested in offering additional help aside from financial donations, please reach out to Greg's sister Tori Williams (me) or his mom Kate Vanderoef to discuss.