Help support Gaby's miracle journey to life!
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This fundraising page is dedicated to supporting one amazing girl named Gaby Lombrage. Unlike most kids, Gaby had an incredibly difficult start to life. She was born extremely premature after a challenging pregnancy: doctors did not believe she would grow or stay alive 14 weeks' into her mother Jasmine's pregnancy. By some grace, she was born at 26 weeks but with heaps of complications.
When Gaby was born, she taken immediately to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and diagnosed with Respiratory Distress, Broncho-pulmonary Dyspalsia, Chronic Lung Disease, Retinopathy, Jaundice, 2 brain bleeds, Anemia, Necrotizing Entercolitis, and heart issues. Gaby was deemed to be not viable for life, and coded many times in her first hours on the planet, but she's a fighter and made it through the first 24 hours. Sadly her medical problems persisted, and at 6 months old, she required a tracheotomy to continue breathing via medical ventilation, and a G-tube for feeding. She we required extensive medical support, but to everyone's amazement, Gaby stayed with us.
As we approached a year in the NICU, we were told by doctors that there was nothing more to be done: Our choices where to transfer her elsewhere or enjoy her last days while we said goodbye. We thankfully found a great Pulmonologist that worked with us to explore options, and determined that a lung transplant was the best option. Gaby was air transferred to the Texas Children's hospital, and after many evaluations, she was deemed not worth giving a transplant due to her medical complications. After a few days, Gaby coded and pronounced dead after all resuscitation measures were taken. We proceeded to have her last hand and foot molding done for memory, and began thinking of services to give her a proper goodbye.
Yet our little fighter was not giving up. Almost 2 hours later, Gaby started breathing and came back to life and her health started to improve drastically: better than we had ever seen! The need for mechanical ventilation and oxygen support were decreasing, and some of her medications were discontinued. Gaby continued to improve over the weeks, much to everyone's surprise, and she was re-evaluated for a lung transplant. Like many miracles in Gaby's life to date, we were told by the transplant team that her lungs had recovered so much that she was no longer in need of a transplant.
After 15 months in the hospital, Gaby was discharged and sent home for the first time, but still required a lot of support. She needed breathing treatments, oxygen and medical ventilator support, apena monitoring and 32 medications - she needed close watch for 24/7. We were told the situation would never improve for Gaby, and her quality of life would remain extremely poor. Again our fighter had other ideas, and progressed slowly so she no longer needed mechanical ventilation. She is no longer bed ridden, and is now a vibrant, happy child that has defied all medical expectations.
At 11 years old, Gaby still needs daily rehabilitation support, and we expect her to require more medical procedures and surgeries in her future. We ask first and foremost for your love, support and prayers for Gaby so she may continue to develop and grow. If you are in the position to, and would like to support Gaby with her ongoing rehabilitation, medical and wellness expenses, then we thank you in advance for your donation! Every little bit is greatly appreciated!
You can follow along Gaby's journey through Gaby Facebook Group where we post regular updates!
When Gaby was born, she taken immediately to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and diagnosed with Respiratory Distress, Broncho-pulmonary Dyspalsia, Chronic Lung Disease, Retinopathy, Jaundice, 2 brain bleeds, Anemia, Necrotizing Entercolitis, and heart issues. Gaby was deemed to be not viable for life, and coded many times in her first hours on the planet, but she's a fighter and made it through the first 24 hours. Sadly her medical problems persisted, and at 6 months old, she required a tracheotomy to continue breathing via medical ventilation, and a G-tube for feeding. She we required extensive medical support, but to everyone's amazement, Gaby stayed with us.
As we approached a year in the NICU, we were told by doctors that there was nothing more to be done: Our choices where to transfer her elsewhere or enjoy her last days while we said goodbye. We thankfully found a great Pulmonologist that worked with us to explore options, and determined that a lung transplant was the best option. Gaby was air transferred to the Texas Children's hospital, and after many evaluations, she was deemed not worth giving a transplant due to her medical complications. After a few days, Gaby coded and pronounced dead after all resuscitation measures were taken. We proceeded to have her last hand and foot molding done for memory, and began thinking of services to give her a proper goodbye.
Yet our little fighter was not giving up. Almost 2 hours later, Gaby started breathing and came back to life and her health started to improve drastically: better than we had ever seen! The need for mechanical ventilation and oxygen support were decreasing, and some of her medications were discontinued. Gaby continued to improve over the weeks, much to everyone's surprise, and she was re-evaluated for a lung transplant. Like many miracles in Gaby's life to date, we were told by the transplant team that her lungs had recovered so much that she was no longer in need of a transplant.
After 15 months in the hospital, Gaby was discharged and sent home for the first time, but still required a lot of support. She needed breathing treatments, oxygen and medical ventilator support, apena monitoring and 32 medications - she needed close watch for 24/7. We were told the situation would never improve for Gaby, and her quality of life would remain extremely poor. Again our fighter had other ideas, and progressed slowly so she no longer needed mechanical ventilation. She is no longer bed ridden, and is now a vibrant, happy child that has defied all medical expectations.
At 11 years old, Gaby still needs daily rehabilitation support, and we expect her to require more medical procedures and surgeries in her future. We ask first and foremost for your love, support and prayers for Gaby so she may continue to develop and grow. If you are in the position to, and would like to support Gaby with her ongoing rehabilitation, medical and wellness expenses, then we thank you in advance for your donation! Every little bit is greatly appreciated!
You can follow along Gaby's journey through Gaby Facebook Group where we post regular updates!
Organizer and beneficiary
Robyn Agoston
Organizer
Baton Rouge, LA
Jasmine Lombrage
Beneficiary