Wow, wow, WOW. I am honestly FLOORED by the flood of support and encouragements we have received from our family and friends. It’s truly unbelievable to me how incredibly generous and caring you all are. Because of this, we have COMPLETELY, 100%. met. our. goal!!!! I just do not have the words. Thank you just doesn’t feel like it even scratches the surface of enough, the level of gratitude is just unmatched!! Your support means the world to us and this amount of money will change our lives forever. Especially Jeremiah. Thanks to you all, Jeremiah will be able to do multiple rounds of DMI for this upcoming year, as well as pay for medical expenses, specialist visits, medical/mobility equipment and much much more. We are just in awe and so, so grateful. 

To provide some perspective, when I had a virtual meeting with advocacy Abby (another disability mama and supportnow advocate) we were unsure what to set the goal as. In my mind, I felt like $10,000 was quite the reach… she encouraged me to set a bigger goal to reach, even higher than I imagined. To think we are now over $20,000 is just.. Incredible. 

On an another note, Jeremiah’s thumb surgery went extremely well yesterday. Thank you all for your prayers and for reaching out to us! The entire surgery was 20 minutes long and he was recovering from anesthesia for about 40 minutes. We were at the hospital from 12:30pm - 4:30pm. We are so relieved that everything went smoothly. He was very playful and content before the surgery and that gave us some comfort and confidence. After we left the hospital he was a little fussy (understandably) but we could not be more proud of Jeremiah. He is such a brave little man and has so many times over exceeded our expectations for him. His demeanor is calm, sweet, and kind. At just 13 months old he has shown us how to handle difficult situations and uncomfortable challenges. He has taught us how to walk through life with grace. The Lord is always with us, and we just feel so lucky that God gave us the special privilege to be his parents. Our lives are infinitely better because we get to know the sweetest soul that is our son. We will miss his little extra thumb, but we are even more aware that his differences do not define him, nor does his diagnosis. He is so much more than all of that. 

All this to say: goodbye to his little extra thumb and hello to a new beginning! We have found a new wind and are going into 2026 more hopeful than ever!! Thank you for reading this very long update, we’re so happy you’re here. Please make sure to follow for more updates and to keep seeing Jeremiah’s progress!