Love For Leo. Help baby Leo & his family through his journey with the rarest form of Atresia
Baby Leo was born prem on 17th November 2015. He is in NICU Hamilton, his family live in Tauranga. Leo has the rarest form on atresia.
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Baby Leo has the rarest form of Atresia. Sadly his eosophageal atresia is as bad as it gets. There is osophogos missing, the gap is so big he can't have surgery yet. They have to wait 6 weeks and hope it grows enough for surgery but it's a very big dose of crossing fingers.
So there is a long road ahead for baby Leo & the Gaylards.
Any help goes a long way to this lovely family who are thrown into a stressful situation none of us would ever wish for. The financial strain on this young family will be immense and any relief we can provide them would be magical for them. Baby Leo has two brothers, Caden & Zavier.
Nicola Swan's involvement (page creator)
I am a personal friend of the Gaylard family. I have seen this beautiful family grow & develop in their life journey & I can assure you both Saul & Jenny are some of the hardest working people I know. Saul works in retail, Jenny as an ECE teacher. Please share the Love for Leo xxx
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4 months and still in NICU 28 March 2016
The back wall of Leo's trachea (where they separated it from the oesophagus) is soft and floppy. When he tries to breathe, the wall collapses in on itself, which is why he was having to work so hard once off the ventilator. He is now on cpap, a continuous positive air pressure machine, which is attached to his face/nose 24/7 to hold the trachea open while he breathes. There is no quick solution, we need to give the trachea time to strengthen itself with the help of cpap. Therefore we are facing weeks, but more likely months in NICU here in Hamilton.
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