We funded our second family from The Nikolas Foundation. We are allowed to share the story, but not the names. Here is the story from the NICU Social Workers viewpoint.
This baby was transferred to Primary Children’s from Montana in the middle of the night. She was extremely ill with a poor prognosis, and unfortunately died a few hours after her arrival. Mother came on Life Flight with her and was alone while her baby died. This family had extremely limited finances, mother didn’t even have shoes when she arrived.
Mother was Native American and her tribe was able to offer some financial assistance for burial expenses, but this mother didn’t have anyone to come pick her up or pay for her to get home.
After exhausting several of the family’s and hospital’s resources, I reached out to see if the Nikolas Foundation would be willing to fly this mom home. There was no hesitation from the Foundation and they took action to book and pay for her flight within an hour of being requested.
Mother was extremely grateful to have this assistance to return home to be with her family.
Once again, this is the EXACT purpose of the foundation. A hardy thank you to all of you that have donated and put your faith in our mission.