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Medical Expenses for Knicely Family

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My name is Karinda Leonardi and I am doing this fundraiser to help an awesome family with their medical expenses while they go through this trying time.





Donna (Admin. Assistant for a trucking company, works at Gooseneck and is also a Williston city volunteer firefighter) and Jessica (SPED Paraprofessional at an Elem. school) have the sweetest baby boy named Grayson and he has been in and out of the hospital with different medical complications. Grayson has severe Asthma, and his epiglottis does not work so he aspirates when he tries to eat and drink. The want to send him to Denver or Seattle Children’s hospital to have surgery to correct the problem. Due to his aspirating, he has respiratory infections constantly.


Now, most recently, Donna went to the hospital Christmas night and spent two days in Williston hospital waiting to be transported to a larger Hospital for surgery but due to weather conditions she was unable to be flown out. She was then driven to Bismarck and underwent abdominal surgery. Her surgery was complicated by pneumonia, and she spent 7 days in the hospital. She was home for 4 days and it was getting harder for her to breath, so she went back to the hospital, and it was discovered she had a large abscess above her spleen and a collapsed lung due to all the fluid that was surrounding it. She then had to be flown to SD where they inserted 2 different tubes and have started her on some more potent iv antibiotics. They are running more scans and tests to see if she needs an additional abdominal surgery. Either way, she will be in the hospital a while and then will have a long recovery at home where she will need to have someone with her.




With that, Donna and Jessica have had to take lots of time off work, travel all over to specialty hospitals and the expenses have really stacked up. I want to help take some of the stress off of them so please share this and let's do what we can!!

They have been through a lot, but I tell you what, this family is strong, and the prayers being said for them are working! So, PLEASE keep them all in your thoughts and prayers!

I will keep this updated with new information as I receive it.

We love you Donna, Jessica and Grayson!!
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Donations 

  • Donna Mullins
    • $50
    • 10 mos
  • Erica Ford
    • $100
    • 10 mos
  • Anonymous
    • $200
    • 10 mos
  • Nicholas Jorgensen
    • $100
    • 10 mos
  • Nicholas Jorgensen
    • $100
    • 11 mos
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Karinda Leonardi
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Williston, ND

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