Support Wilder's Fight Against Hirschsprung's Disease

The story of Wilder Bradlee Gray Oysti’s birth has been an eventful, and stressful, one. On 08/18/24, Keegan Oysti (mother) was induced at St. Vincent Hospital due to early onset preeclampsia. After 30+ hours of labor, Wilder was born on 08/20/24 in Green Bay, WI to Keegan Oysti and Bryce Oysti (father). Wilder was born in shock due to his umbilical cord being wrapped around his neck, which caused a scare with him not breathing right away. Luckily, they were able to get him breathing and in his parent’s arms within a few minutes. However, the struggles did not end there. Wilder began having issues passing waste but after two days, with some help from the doctors, he was able and they saw him fit to go home. That night (08/22/24), Keegan was re-admitted to the hospital with a concerning spike in her blood pressure and was put on a magnesium sulfate drip for 24 hours, as well as, watched for seizure and stroke possibility. After two more nights in the hospital, she was discharged yet again (08/24/24). During this time, Wilder needed constant help to expel waste and Keegan and Bryce were becoming concerned as he seemed bloated and progressively more fussy. On 09/07/24 Wilder was brought to the St. Vincent ER with a distended abdomen with a blue tint to it. They ran many tests, including CT scans and Ultrasounds, but were unable to diagnose him and sent him home with a follow up with his pediatrician on Monday. On that Monday (09/09/24) his pediatrician had him take an XRay image, which showed concerning results. This caused him to be rushed to the St. Vincent ER and then air-flown to American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison, 3 hours away from home. Since then, he has been in the NICU being analyzed by an amazing team of doctors who have been taking images of his abdomen and biopsies of his colon, monitoring his eating (and lack there of), and helping us process this hectic time. They have diagnosed him on 09/12/24 with Hirschsprung’s disease, a developmental disorder of the colon were part (or all) of the colon is nonfunctional due to the lack of ganglion cells. This requires surgery of the colon to remove the effected area, which he will have on 09/13/24. after this surgery, he will require monitoring, more testing, and follow up appointments that will require more time in the NICU and/or more travel to and from Madison-Green Bay.

We are asking for any financial help you are willing to give, as these medical interventions will be extremely costly between testing, surgeries, travel, and time off of work.

If you are unable to help financially, we ask for your thoughts and prayers and to please share his story to help others who may experience the same thing.

Thank you