Zachary's treatment in Philadelphia

My name is Summer Garcia and I am starting this go fund me account in place of my uncle, Joshua Garcia, to help send my little cousin, Zachary, to Philadelphia in order to receive medical treatment. Any donations will be greatly appreciated. Here is his story:

Zachary Robert Garcia was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome at birth, a birth defect that does not fully allow the growth of his left ventricle correctly. He needed surgery that requires major open heart surgery and reconstruction of the heart to help him maintain normal oxygen levels of the average person. He needed 3 seperate surgeries in different time periods in his life from a newborn to 5 years of age. The first surgery -the Norwood- went perfectly and with no complications. The second - the glenn- also went well, however Zachary developed another abnormality soon after and was diagnosed with a hiatal hernia. This is a condition where your stomach gets pushed into your esophagus. He had a procedure done and the surgeon coiled up his esophagus so his stomach wouldn't stretch out his stomach any further. It took about 3 tries for our surgeon to get it wrapped and not allow for it to come undone by using pig skin rather than silicone...

Soon after that, Zachary got to live his days as a normal kid. He enjoyed playing sports, video games, going to school, swimming , playing outside, eating what he wanted, drinking anything he wanted without restrictions until he was 5 years old. 2 years after everything that happened, came time for the 3rd surgery, a open heart procedure called the Fontan. The surgery didnt go too well. Zachary was in the OR for 14 hours and had a hard time with desatting shortly after the surgery was over. He needed heavy flows of oxygen and medications. Soon, Zachary made an outstanding recovery regardless of all the chest tubes and breathing tubes he had to endure. 3 weeks later he was walking out the door, but 3 months after the Fontan he started coughing up thick mucus called casts. Throughout the 3 months we started noticing he wouldnt act himself sometimes. He would feel more tired than usual and was less hungry. Off and on we took him to Valley Children's Hospital to see if he was just building up a cold or pneumonia, and the hospital would treat him with antibiotics and breathing treatments. Soon after we discovered the casts he was coughing up is actually a complication from his 3rd Fontan surgery. Its called plastic bronchitis, and in very rare cases there is only a 4% chance this develops in Fontans kids. It is so rare that even our own hospital doesnt even know what it looks like, or have even heard of it. Zachary's is leaking lymphatic fluid into his right lung due to venous pressures and hard mucus casts have caused blockage in his lung and will keep reoccuring. Sadly theres no procedure that can be done to fix this here in the valley. The only thing we are able to do is check with bronchoscopies and maintain cleaning his airways. We are currently searching for a solution for this and the physicians at Valley Children's are currently looking into sending him to a childrens hospital in Philadelphia. We have heard of some specialists from there that can coil his valve so it no longer leaks. Philadelphia is a long way from California and very expensive, but im willing to do anything to help him live the life he was always meant to live.

Any donations will be greatly appreciated and used to help finance any expenses my uncle comes across while seeking medical treatment for Zachary. God bless.