Eddie's Fund: April 2012

About Eddie's Fund

In 2006, our 10-year-old son had a bone marrow transplant. While recovering in isolation at home, he determined to do something to help a bone marrow transplant family we had met while in the hospital. Something to help his new friend, Eddie. We started Eddie's Fund that week, and seven years later, as Eddie continues his post-transplant recovery and waits for a double lung transplant, our family of five continues to raise funds for Eddie and his family. 100% of all donations to the Fund are paid directly to bill companies to help Eddie's family financially manage the intensity of Eddie's recovery. On behalf of Eddie and his family, we thank you for offering hope and help and joining with us to support our buddy, Eddie.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Hoping for Spring

Dear Friends, We're nearly halfway through the month of April. Halfway through our Hoping for Spring Giveaway. There's still time to donate to Eddie's Fund--for every $10 you donate to the Fund, you'll receive one entry in our giveaway to win a Kindle Fire (we'll be using random.org at the end of the month to choose our winner and will contact that person directly and let you all know when the Giveaway winner has been drawn). Of all the things you could give this week, Eddie MOST needs your love and prayers. He is going in for an open lung biopsy sometime within the next week. They will cut him open and biopsy his lung to look for GVH (Graft versus Host disease, a form of bone transplant rejection). Let me tell you, as mom of a former transplant patient, the phrase "GVH" lurks as a possible, and awful, outcome of a transplant. Eddie is already battling GVH in other parts of his body. GVH of the lung would be devastating. And the surgery itself--with Eddie's still-suppressed immune system--is daunting. He will be hospitalized for nearly 2 weeks as he recovers. Please join with our family in asking God to bring a new "spring" for this little boy--a new season of healing and hope. This family needs an infusion of peace. Thank you for your kindness to our friend Eddie. Let's hope for spring together. Love to you all, Melissa for Eddie's Fund