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Jonah's open heart surgery

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As many of you know my younger brother Jonah is going to be having open heart surgery. Here's a little background story. My brother was born with drug/alcohol levels high enough to kill an adult and was life flighted to a nearby hospital.  His birth mom was using drugs until she gave birth to him. The doctors told us he would never walk or talk and would likely be mentally retarded. We call Jonah our little miracle because he can walk and talk, and he is our little soccer star.  Because he had a massive stroke at birth, he does have a mild form cerebral palsy. Recently Jonah started having chest pains during soccer which led to numerous cardiologist visits after two heart caths, an MRI which shows he has a narrowing coronary sinus (very rare only 5 cases of his kind) and an attempted angioplasty. The doctors have come to the conclusion that my brother will have to undergo open heart surgery on the 23rd of February at the University of Michigan. As many of you know my mom runs the blog "freetastesgood" and this is my parents full time job.  She is constantly giving back to the community and always worrying about everyone else and now I am worried about her.  My brother will be hospitalized for at least 10 days with many follow up appts and visits (in addition to all the testing already done) and I would really like my brother and my parents to be at ease and not have to worry about finances (her having to post deals) as 10 days is quite a long time and she has not been able to post as much recently due to his health.  They will have to make numerous trips back and forth from home to U of M as there are still 3 children living at home with my parents. I'm asking that if anyone can find it in their heart to donate to my family it would mean the world to them (although I am sure she will not be happy I started this gofundme, as my mom doesn't like to ask for help) and to me but more than anything I just ask that you all say a prayer for Jonah. If you're not able to donate even just clicking on ads on the blog or printing coupons from the blog would help out. Thank you everyone for considering.

Organizer and beneficiary

Lara Meyer
Organizer
Sylvania, OH
Joni Meyer
Beneficiary

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