Hey everyone. It's not too often I jump on here with a bullhorn and beg and plead for help but I've recently become aware of a situation that I believe is even worse than the strongest tornado barreling down Alabamaland (although i've heard it could get rough in South Alabama tonight!!)
One of our fellow operators, Curt Comier, had a kid born with some severe complications last September. This has put his family under serious stress. The newborn had a serious heart condition and had some complications from that. Fortunately - there is a plan for treatment and I believe they have completed that today. Most of this came up over the weekend and although I had talked with Curt off and on for years, most of this I just became aware of over the weekend. They have good insurance for the procedure but will still be required to pay somewhere in the neighborhood of $70,000 out of pocket. I'm going to cross post here what I read over the weekend and I've recent spoken to Curt and their surgery **which happened today** went extremely well and they think they are done with this ordeal. My suggestion is if any of us can help them out financially - we should try to do it. Afterall - looking back at tornado outbreaks, business situations, - - we always come out of those situations saying thank goodness the family is OK. possessions and towers can be rebuilt - - family can not. Well this is family. What more can I say. Important information - I've confirmed his paypal address is [email protected] . He is aware I am doing this but I basically told him to go hug his child and I'd take care of this. His extended family is putting together a benefit in his home town to also raise some money. Here is the facebook post and page that I learned about most of this from: https://www.facebook.com/superkayse/ Here is a copy / paste of what he has posted. (it describes more than I ever could!...) [Feb 20 @ 6:04 pm ] So I will go ahead and fill people in. As many people know our baby Kayse was born Sept 29, 2015. 3 weeks later he went into heart failure. He had to have surgery to repair his aorta. We knew he had to go through another open heart surgery but not until March or April. So on this past Thursday, Kayse had a minor surgical procedure done. After the surgery the Dr's informed us that they would like to perform Kayse's surgery on Monday the 22nd. This sped everything up for us. We will spend the next few weeks in New Orleans at Children's Hospital. On to the other stuff. We aren't the kind of people that ask for handouts or help at all. We did apply for the medical card and other governmental assistance but keep getting denied. So basically whats happening is Kayse's medial bills will hit close to a million dollars after everything is said and done. The insurance did a good job of paying most of that. We will owe out of our pockets around $75,000 one the dust is settled. We have been billed over $35,000 so far. Why am I saying this? We aren't rich people with tons of money just sitting in the bank to pay this. So we are having T-shirt sales and a benefit in May to help defray some of these bills. We know and understand this is our problem and we are doing what we need to do to take care of this but a little help from caring people does help. We have a team of individuals that are donating a ton of time to help us organize an amazing benefit. We have quit a few bands coming, we will have a raffle with some really hot items, we are also looking at a 5K run and some other things. We aren't asking people to just give us money, we are asking people to maybe enjoy their selves listening and dancing to a band, wearing a pretty cool T-shit, eat some Jambalaya, drink a beer and have some fun. I would like to thank everyone that contributed so far and those to come. We really appreciate it more than you know. And please share our events and posts Super Kayse Benefit Thanks again everyone, Curt & Renee [ Feb 20 @ 4:06 pm ] The Story of Kayse Alexander Cormier Super Kayse was born on September 29, 2015 normal and healthy. 3 weeks later he went into heart failure. Kayse was rushed to a local hospital where he was stabilized and transported to a local children's hospitals then airlifted to a regional children's cardiac hospital within 8 hours. Kayse was suffering with Coarctation of the Aorta - Ductal Coarctation, Aortic Stenosis and VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect). Coarctation of the Aorta is a narrowing within a main artery coming from the heart. This narrowing stopped blood flow to areas of the body like the lungs. VSD is a hole between the left and right ventricle. This hole is big enough to cause major issues so a patch has to be placed in his heart to create a wall. Kayse underwent his first surgery in October to correct the Coarctation. A band was placed around the heart to control blood flow until the VSD surgery would take place months later. February, Kayse is having his 3rd surgery to repair the VSD. This entails open heart surgery and the band previously placed will be removed. We, Curt & Renee, sit here every day humbled by the precious care the Doctors and Nurses have given our baby. Not having to ever deal with anything like this before we were amazed how our baby's care and condition was handled. Not only were we informed every step of the way, we were reassured. Our baby was in the best hands and care in the world. >From this moment on we knew we needed to step up and be a part of what is going on in Heart Disease. Be there for others that have to go through this, share our son's story to give hope to others. Miracles happen every day, most happen at these great institutions. God places his hands everywhere, he placed them on our son and all of the gracious people that helped our son during this time. My son is my Why! God bless. Curt Cormier & Renee Abshire
