Today we helped another family in need. A young couple from Billings, MT had a set of twins at 23 weeks (4 months premature). They were transported from Billings to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City because of the gravity of their early births and the need for a higher level of care.
The twin girls have had a number of surgeries as they fight to go home. They have had a host of challenges like brain bleeds, heart surgery, septic shock and perforations in the bowel.
The oldest twin has progressed and is being sent to a hospital in the home town of this young couple to complete her journey. The youngest will be in Primary Children’s for a while longer.
They have several more surgeries scheduled on the long and arduous journey to get them home.
As you can imagine being 9 hours away, there is a lot of strain on this family to keep their home life, work life and hospital life going. Paying bills, insurance deductibles and travel are an extreme, and unexpected burden.
Their request was a simple one. Help pay off an overdue electric bill that had been ‘set aside’ while they tried to balance their check book, and help with gas as it has taken a large chunk of their budget to travel and spend time with their new babies.
The Foundation responded by paying off their overdue electric bill so they are no longer need to worry about that expense and the challenges of dealing with losing their electricity. We also bought them $300 worth of ExxonMobil gas cards which should make it easier to drive to see their youngest still in Salt Lake City.
Once again, this is right in the wheelhouse of the Foundation and we thank all of you for your generosity to make this mission possible. Our hope is to continue to validate our Mission here in Utah then begin to expand as we can to help in other Cities and States.