Baer's Kidney Transplant and Recovery Fund

Meet Baer

He’s my Little Warrior…

He’s my First Grandson…
He's our Kidney Kid...

He’s 11 months old… and we are all so in love with him!

Baer was born with Prune-Belly syndrome, also known as Eagle-Barrett syndrome,  a complication of this is Chronic Kidney Disease. During his first weeks of life he was initially staged at Stage 3 and has since progressed to End Stage Renal Failure. This means he is in need of a life saving kidney transplant. 

Our family has been fortunate to have Dell Children's Medical Center located in Austin where Baer and his parents live. He spent the first 35 days of his life in their NICU under their watchful eyes. Since that initial stay and the following hospitalizations, Baer, Mallory and Keith have developed close relationships with Dell's Nephrology and Urology teams where his Chronic Kidney Disease and overall Prune Belly Syndrome is being treated. With a medically complex child it is extremely important to have a close and trusting relationship with their care team. 

On April 5th, 2022, Dell Children's Medical Center announced the opening of their Pediatric Abdominal Transplant Center, and our family rejoiced! Before this opening, families in central Texas would have to travel to San Antonio, Dallas, or Houston to receive care. This means Baer will be able to have his transplant surgery in Austin with his medical teams that we have bonded with and family and friends nearby as a support system leading up to, during, and after his surgery. 

 

 

Take a moment and watch the announcement in this recent story CBS News in Austin Texas did featuring Baer’s and his quest for a new set of kidneys. You’ll meet Baer, his Mom and Dad (my daughter Mallory and son-in-law Keith), the surgeon and the amazing Dell Children’s Medical Center where Baer is planning on receiving this transplant procedure. (VIDEO is at the bottom)

 

 

Our prayer, as a family is that God will continue to reveal himself to us through your prayers, good-wishes (Lord knows we need them) and kindly, your investment in our little Baer’s life!

We are in a place of needing some assistance to help with Baer's medical bills and related expenses. Because of the newness of the Pediatric Abdominal Transplant program, they are running into issues with insurance coverage. With the limited help of insurance, the costs of all the appointments, imaging, and medications leading up to the procedure, the surgery itself, and all the post op care and medications are astronomical. Both Mallory and Keith are doing their best to work through this challenging time, but are needing to take time off work for his doctors appointments, diagnostic procedures and ultimately the surgery which will all lead to lost wages on top of expensive gas bills (even though its in the same city!), and have to rely on fast food or others for meals in between appointments and during the hospital stay. 

 

The $50,000 goal we have set is to assist with Baer’s current medical bills, the Kidney Transplant surgery, and related expenses to help them manage to stay afloat. In the event of a successful fundraising campaign, donations over and above our goal will go towards Baer's future medical needs as he will most likely need 3-4 transplants through his life.

 

Thank you all in advance for your support and participation in Baer’s journey for a new kidney - whatever form in may take,

We accept it as a further expression of God’s love for us, both big and small.

In the meantime I think we can all agree… this guy’s a little warrior!

 

P.s. To find out more and keep tabs on how Lil Baer and his Mommy and Daddy are doing, visit our website Keeping it Renal 

To bypass the GoFundMe processing fees, private donations can be sent to Baer via Venmo (@Spraski)