Secret Santa 12-5-2018 - a podcast by 97.1 ZHT

"Candace is a single mom with two amazing special needs boys Joe age 18 and Daniel age 15. She works very hard to support her family and provide all the extras that come with raising special needs children. When she isn't taking her boys to therapy appointments, or helping them with other tasks, she is giving her time to help other special needs parents navigate the system of insurance and state services. In October her son, Joe was scheduled for a serious spinal/neck surgery to repair a genetic disorder at Primary Children's Hospital. It was supposed to be short surgery with 3-4 days of inpatient care, followed by a month of in-home recovery. Unfortunately, the surgery was more complicated than expected and Joe required over 2 weeks in ICU when his airway became compromised due to swelling. He also sustained an injury to his dominant arm, which is currently paralyzed and is facing the possibility that he might not recover the use of his arm. After over a week in an induced coma, it was decided that Joe would need a trach to help him breathe and begin to recover. Joe has now been inpatient at Primary Children's for a month, and hopefully will be transferring to a Skilled nursing facility to continue his recovery soon. Candace has been a trooper through the whole ordeal, trying to balance the needs of one child in the hospital and another child that needs constant care due to low-functioning autism. Living over an hour from the hospital, and needing to work has taken a toll on her. It would be a huge blessing to this mom to not have the worry of providing Christmas this year. With the mounting hospital bills, and the commute and extra daycare expenses for Daniel, there won't be much left this year. Please consider this much deserving family for your Secret Santa.”

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