Award Nomination Applications
Admin Information
Admin Decision: Pending – Edit
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Nominator Information
Justification:
All children are remarkable, but our son Jonah has already overcome more obstacles than many will face in their lifetime. The last four years have been full of uncertainty, tears, fear, but most importantly hope with Jonah’s health. It took three and a half years and four hospitals across two states to finally discover Jonah’s rare diagnosis of tracheobronchomalacia. This disease causes collapse throughout his trachea and lungs. It has no cure and no proven treatment. Along with his TBM diagnosis he also suffers from three other rare airway defects, hypotonia, ADD, global developmental delays and others. Despite these chronic diseases, Jonah has made tremendous progress in just a few short months time due to weekly hippotherapy sessions. However, these sessions are very costly and not covered by our insurance. We have done the best we can to make these sessions financially possible but it is abundantly difficult with so many other medical bills we are responsible for monthly. Financial assistance would mean Jonah can continue with his hippotherapy lessons and thrive. Thank you for your consideration. Katie Foster
Nominee Information
Justification:
We have had a tremendous amount of medical bills the last four years. Due to the chronic nature of Jonah’s diagnosis, our financial status with overwhelming medical debt will not change anytime soon. There are many services, therapies, equipment, medication, and procedures not covered by our private health insurance. We are hopeful for assistance with hippotherapy sessions so our son can continue to make his remarkable progress and slowly catch up to his peers. His therapists and doctors have been astounded by the progress he has made in just a short period of time and we are eager to see him continue to grow. Thank you for taking the time to read this application and for your consideration. Katie Foster