Saddest story of the year

[Texsox]

http://www.jordanzane.com/

 

OUR BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BOY NEEDS HELP

Our baby Jordan was born at 4:48 p.m. on Tuesday, January 18, 2005.  He was 7 pounds 12 ounces and 19 inches long. We spent 18 incredible hours with him - he was alert, Sadaf was breastfeeding him every two hours, and there was no indication that anything was wrong. Then a nurse at the hospital noticed his breathing pattern was distressed.  He was taken in for examination by the hospital pediatrician. Shortly thereafter our perfect world came crashing down.

 

We found out that Jordan had a very large and very rare tumor inside his heart. The tumor measured 3.5cm in a heart the size of a walnut. He was immediately transfered to Columbia Presbyterian Children's Hospital in New York City, which is considered the best in the country. They performed open-heart surgery on Friday, January 21st.  Unfortunately, they were not able to remove the entire tumor, and portions of it are interfering with his heart's ability to pump blood effectively to sustain his tiny body.  At this point a transplant is the only option to help save him.

 

* A donor heart can come from a baby up to 15 pounds and across all blood types.

 

* There is a 4-7 hour window to get the heart from the donor to the recipient - so there is a limited geographical area in which to search.

 

We're asking people to get this message out - our hope is that we can convince someone to donate their baby's organs who normally wouldn't.  There is already a very small chance of finding him a donor and our time is very limited (he can only survive on heart bypass for a few more days) - we are just trying to increase his chance as much as possible.

 

If you think you can help with a donor please call 1-800-GIFT-4-NY.

 

We can be contacted at [email protected].

 

Many people have asked, so we placed some info on monetary donations here.

 

Please keep our baby boy in your thoughts and prayers!

 

Love, Jeff & Sadaf 

 

Edited January 28, 2005 by Texsox