daughter, Mary-Jane Lakota Ali Pierce was born April 5th, 2015 at 25
weeks gestationally due to her mother being diagnosed with a severe
infection and it was affecting her heart rate. She was born at BC
Women's Hospital at 6:43 AM she weighed 1lb 4oz, and was 32cm long.
Our daughter is in the NICU at BC Womens and Children's
Hospital. She was born with very severe E. Coli and a grade 4 brain
bleed the doctors dind't expect her to make it past the first day, but
she did against all odds, the next day we found out that the E. Coli
was gone due to the antibiotics and she was starting to get to better
in other aspects of health over a week she was on blood pressure meds,
antibiotics and lots of blood products and morphine now a week and 4
days later, one side of the brain bleed has resolved itself and the
other side isn't bleeding or draining as well as the other side of the
brain, she isn't on morphine and a cocktail of other drugs or any
blood products, she's starting to feed and can breathe on a lower
ventilator setting. She evenetually came off oxygen and could breathe
and bottle feed on her own and was transferred to abbotsford to come
home now she is now almost 4 months old (2 weeks correcected) then one
day we get a call saying she was septic and had to be rushed back to
the NICU in children's hospital, she now has a severe infection
causing brain swelling and up to 100 seizures a day that caused brain
damage, and now she just got approved for a medication that will stop
the seizures and hopefully now that she has been fully removed from
breathing supports and is over 20 lbs and is being weaned off
medications, we would use these funds to go towards first and
formost, medicine for Mary-Jane and us, our housing and food while at
the hospital, we are currently staying at Ronald McDonald House. We
will also cover some of our normal expenses while I am not able to
work. Feel free to donate, visit us, or to just pray for us. We also
don't mind if you share this with your friends, thank you and god
bless. - The Pierce Family
P.S more information will be posted for updates soon, thank you all for your support.
