Rally for Mason: A Brave Boy's Health Battle

Mason is a 12-year-old boy born and raised in Brevard County with 3 little brothers looking up to him. He has been battling Cerebral Palsy and many other health conditions his whole life.

He has had multiple surgeries including heart surgery, many back surgeries, cleft lip/palate surgery, halo brace, hip surgery, and skin graft. He requires a wheelchair, feeding tube, and 24-hour oxygen on an everyday basis. Mason's health started decreasing 2 months ago when his skin graft on his back decided to open up with an infection. He was hospitalized for a month trying to heal it some but needed an MRI to see how deep the infection was. Unfortunately, during the MRI, Mason coded, his lungs collapsed, and he ended up in the ICU with lung damage and was sent home on 24-hour oxygen. Unfortunately, last week my sweet little boy contracted RSV and needed to be brought over to Arnold Palmer ICU. At first, he was on a BiPAP machine, but his health was declining fast and needed to be intubated ASAP. Previously having only 1 working lung, any little sickness can be life-threatening to him. Currently, we are battling RSV, acute bronchiolitis, acute/chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia and hypercapnia, and sepsis from the RSV. They are planning on placing a trachea at some point within the next week or so. These funds are being raised to offset Mason's expenses and to relieve some stress off of our family and focus on Mason's future health/care.