Help Little Ariel Breathe!
Shalom,
We are the parents of three children – a four-year old daughter and twins just over a year old. The twins were born prematurely and one of them – Ariel – suffers from hearing impairment and needs respiratory and other intensive support 24 hours a day.
Despite his complicated situation, we have chosen to care for him at home, but we need your help…
To help Ariel and his family, please donate via the fund in his name
Here's our story:
After a complicated pregnancy, including three weeks in the high-risk pregnancy ward, we gave birth to Ben and Ariel in the 30th week.
Ben weighed in at 3.14 lb while Ariel, who had been in grave danger, weighed only 1.9 lb. Very small and fragile, yet healthy.
Even before they were two weeks old, the twins contracted NEC, a gastrointestinal disease that meant Ben had to be on a fasting regime for a month and Ariel for more than two.
To our dismay, little Ariel suffered what the doctors called "comprehensive injury" due to the severe infection that attacked his body. He stopped breathing, his heart stopped pumping and he was speedily wired up to a respiratory machine.
He had to undergo a complex intestinal operation, after which there was serious deterioration and urgent need for constant respiratory support and other life-saving treatment.
Ariel was born healthy. He breathed independently but because his body was so small it was unable to cope with infection and disease. Today he has a chronic lung disease (BPD), intestinal complications, severe hearing disability in both ears and abnormal growth and development.
There was a short time when he managed to breathe by himself and we even left the hospital to come home. But he became sick again and we had to go back. Since then he is dependent on oxygen 24 hours a day.
But because he was so susceptive to the germs in the hospital, we preferred a "home hospitalization" framework.
He needs medical equipment 24 hours a day. For example, oxygen cylinders, masks and inhalers, plus a clean and sterile environment. He has to eat during the night and needs inhalation and respiratory support. The Israeli National Insurance Institute has acknowledged him as 100% disabled.
Ariel has been in danger so many times. The doctors keep telling us our only hope is prayer.
We're not giving up though, and we continue to believe Ariel will overcome all of the terrible illnesses he has.
However, we need help.
Only one of us is able to work now and it's not enough. We just won't be able to give him all he needs without financial help from outside sources.
Please help.
To help Ariel and his family, please donate via the fund in his name
With many thanks,
The Tovi-Fine Family
