Baby Paul Leach
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Our dear friends, Amy and Andrew Leach, had a beautiful set of twins September 19th, 2018, named Ian and Paul. Baby Paul still hasn’t been able to leave the NICU. Before the twins were born, Amy and Andrew knew that baby Paul had a blockage (Atresias) in his intestines that would have to be operated on at birth. Little did they know, until they were in there doing the surgery, that Baby Paul had not 1, but 7 blockages.
All 7 of the blockages had to be removed and a HUGE portion of his intestines were removed, then he had to have 3 intestinal reconnections after the removals of the blockages, or atresias. Since his surgery, Paul hasn’t been gaining weight, because he isn’t able to feed. He’s less >1% for his height and weight, and can’t go home until he gains weight.
On top of all this, somewhat recently, they found out baby Paul had contracted NEC (Necrotizing Entercolitis), which is a serious infection that can lead to death, it was caught very early, and as of now, he’s slowly showing signs of improvement from the NEC, since he hasn’t left the hospital since birth (now, on 12/3/18) 11 weeks ago, but the infection could easily come back.
As you can see, Baby Paul also has Jaundice, and had to have the light treatment everyday, but it wasn’t working, so they had to resort to meds in his IV.
Baby Paul was on a feeding tube through the nose, but they had to stop all feeding because he began to vomit and excrete blood. Now, Baby Paul is only getting nutrients through something called a TPN, which is a catheter that’s thread through an IV in his little arm in his tiny veins, and goes right next to his heart. Another problem, is that since Baby Paul is so underweight and has had such a rough go at it since birth, that his immune system is extremely weak. On top of that, they’ve had trouble with his blood pressure being extremely high, and he ALSO has something called cardiomyopathy, which means the left ventricle of his heart is enlarged.
Since the birth of Ian and Paul, Amy and Andrew have not only spent a fortune, so far.... They have been living between the hotel and their home, seeing as they still have a newborn, Ian, and 2 older boys to take care of, Javi and Luis. Javi and Luis are only allowed to visit the baby in the NICU once a day mon-fri for only 10 minutes per day (and Ian can’t AT ALL, these twins just can’t wait to be reunited!!!!) So they’ve also been paying a fortune for child care for them, on top of traveling expenses, staying at the hotel by the hospital, and I can’t even fathom what the NICU bill will be, seeing as it’s already been since 9/19/18 now, and they can’t take Baby Paul home until he can eat, and the Dr’s are saying that it’s going to be awhile until he can go home, so they’ll have to continue spending a fortune until the foreseeable future.
So, everyone, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, donate if you can- SHARE, SHARE, SHARE if you can donate or not, and please, please, please keep Baby Paul and the whole Leach family in your prayers!!!
All 7 of the blockages had to be removed and a HUGE portion of his intestines were removed, then he had to have 3 intestinal reconnections after the removals of the blockages, or atresias. Since his surgery, Paul hasn’t been gaining weight, because he isn’t able to feed. He’s less >1% for his height and weight, and can’t go home until he gains weight.
On top of all this, somewhat recently, they found out baby Paul had contracted NEC (Necrotizing Entercolitis), which is a serious infection that can lead to death, it was caught very early, and as of now, he’s slowly showing signs of improvement from the NEC, since he hasn’t left the hospital since birth (now, on 12/3/18) 11 weeks ago, but the infection could easily come back.
As you can see, Baby Paul also has Jaundice, and had to have the light treatment everyday, but it wasn’t working, so they had to resort to meds in his IV.
Baby Paul was on a feeding tube through the nose, but they had to stop all feeding because he began to vomit and excrete blood. Now, Baby Paul is only getting nutrients through something called a TPN, which is a catheter that’s thread through an IV in his little arm in his tiny veins, and goes right next to his heart. Another problem, is that since Baby Paul is so underweight and has had such a rough go at it since birth, that his immune system is extremely weak. On top of that, they’ve had trouble with his blood pressure being extremely high, and he ALSO has something called cardiomyopathy, which means the left ventricle of his heart is enlarged.
Since the birth of Ian and Paul, Amy and Andrew have not only spent a fortune, so far.... They have been living between the hotel and their home, seeing as they still have a newborn, Ian, and 2 older boys to take care of, Javi and Luis. Javi and Luis are only allowed to visit the baby in the NICU once a day mon-fri for only 10 minutes per day (and Ian can’t AT ALL, these twins just can’t wait to be reunited!!!!) So they’ve also been paying a fortune for child care for them, on top of traveling expenses, staying at the hotel by the hospital, and I can’t even fathom what the NICU bill will be, seeing as it’s already been since 9/19/18 now, and they can’t take Baby Paul home until he can eat, and the Dr’s are saying that it’s going to be awhile until he can go home, so they’ll have to continue spending a fortune until the foreseeable future.
So, everyone, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, donate if you can- SHARE, SHARE, SHARE if you can donate or not, and please, please, please keep Baby Paul and the whole Leach family in your prayers!!!
Organizer and beneficiary
Sarah Koonan
Organizer
Bealeton, VA
Amarilys Leach
Beneficiary