Sandy and Baby Ava

Our dear friend and long time Hellobee member, Sandy, has been struggling with recent news she received during her second pregnancy. Her baby, Ava, is at the end stages of kidney failure without even meeting her mom, dad and big sister yet. Along with that, her chest appears to be small which could mean her lungs are under developed. Sandy will be delivering via c-section at the beginning of next month and her little baby will be transferred to another hospital where she'll need Peritoneal Dialysis immediately. The cause for the kidney failure is most likely ARPKD (autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease - which has some scary high rates for mortality after birth: http://www.pkdcure.org/learn/arpkd)

Sandy is SUCH a kind person. She's offered so much to this community whether it was her advice, kind words, support, or even for me, she offered and delivered meals to my door when my family and I were sick.

Please offer your positive thoughts and prayers for her right now. In addition, I've set up a GoFundMe account to help her and her family through this difficult time as they are faced with medical bills. Her baby will be in a great hospital that specializes in children with high risk but along with that comes the financial burden.