a hard week

Dear Friends,

Thank you so much for your continued prayers for Eddie. He's had a very rough week; yesterday he had a tracheostomy to aid him with his breathing. As you can imagine, this step has taken quite a toll on Eddie's body and is weighing heavily on his family.

For the next week or so, Eddie will be sedated to give the trach time to heal. He then has a long road ahead as he re-learns to talk, and waits and hopes for a double lung transplant.

I've been so touched by the support so many of you are offering. Practically, Eddie's grandpa could use our help. He's watching Eddie's younger brother and they could use a few home-cooked meals delivered to their house each week. We've set up an online website for this purpose. If you are interested in bringing a meal to Eddie's family in the coming month, please visit this website.

Use this link: https://www.lotsahelpinghands.com/c/664128/

Once you've there, click the "Join this Community" link and fill out the request form. Because this is a private community, please be sure to let me know how I know you (or how you know Eddie), so that we can ensure that Eddie's home information is shared only among friends. Once you're approved, you'll be receive an email with your approval notification and inviting you to sign in to the community.

Once you're in, please use our Help Calendar to choose a date for bringing a meal to Salem. And if you can, tell us what you're bringing so we can all do our best to give them some variety along the way. They're easy--they eat everything and have no dietary restrictions.

For now, we've added meal opportunities for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. If we can fill these, we can add others. Thank you, friends! I dropped off a meal there yesterday and was just so happy to "do" something in what has been such a hard week for them all.

Thank you for bringing hope and help to Eddie with us!
Love,
Melissa