Join Hands for Baker's Life-Changing Surgery

Update #2:

Testing has been completed at UCLA and Baker's surgery has been scheduled for July 3rd. Dr. Fallah felt that he needed a full day with only Baker on his schedule. So Collin, Courtney, and Baker will patiently wait for next Wednesday to come!! Thankful for the fact that Tim and Kathy can be in California before, during, and after surgery!!!

Today was exciting....Baker was able to get some hugs from Garth Brooks!!! How fun for all of them!!!

Update #1:

First and foremost, thank you so much for your support of Collin, Courtney, Brady, and Baker!!!

Collin, Courtney and Baker are headed to UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital on Sunday to start the process for Bakers surgery. Please pray that travel is smooth and as the process begins the doctors are confident and prepared to handle this delicate surgery. Pray for calm minds for Collin and Courtney. Pray for Baker. Specifically that this surgery frees him of his seizures.

Dear Family and Friends,

While this ask is difficult to make, we do it with the knowledge that Baker and his parents are in need of a miracle, and with your help we will be able to see that they get the miracle they have been praying for.

On April 10, 2024, Baker Lee Garcia was born; happy and healthy and so welcomed by his parents and big brother, Brady. Four days later our happiness turned into a true nightmare. Baker was not the healthy baby that he presented at birth. After many tests and multiple visits to the hospital our worst fears became a reality. Baker had been diagnosed with Familial Focal Epilepsy with Focal Cortical Dysplasia, meaning he will need to have one hemisphere of his damaged brain disconnected from his healthy brain. Days turned to weeks and Courtney and Collin, along with family, have been praying for the right doctor to come along, and that has happened.

Courtney and Collin have found a surgeon in California that is willing to do the surgery that Baker needs, he has done many. They will be traveling to UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital to have the hemispherectomy that Baker requires to hopefully stop his seizures. The doctor believes that he is a great candidate for the surgery and is making room for them ASAP. Unfortunately UCLA is an out-of-network hospital and they will incur a large out of pocket expense to have the surgery. Not only will the surgery be costly, but the hotel stays for at least three weeks in Los Angeles, food and travel expenses, on top of any other unseen expenses will be difficult for them as they try to heal their family.

We are asking first and foremost for prayers, we need all the help we can get. Second, any donation big or small or a simple share of this Go Fund Me page will help us achieve our goal.

The Garcia’s, Luedecking’s and Johnson’s thank you for your support of our Baker Boy!!

With Love,

Laurie Klok (aunt)

Courtney Logan Garcia (sister/sister-in-law))