Our Jonah is nothing short of a miracle. Jonah came into this world on October 7, 2024, fighting for his life. He was born with the umbilical cord wrapped tightly around his neck, which stopped oxygen from reaching his brain. For eight minutes, doctors worked hard to bring him back. Jonah was placed on a cooling table for 3 days to help reduce brain damage after this scary event. Doctors didn't have much faith in Jonah ever leaving the NICU, much less breathing on his own, but he's been working hard to prove his doctors wrong ever since!

After doctors resuscitated Jonah, he then began having seizures and needed a breathing tube to keep him alive.

Jonah was rushed to Akron Children’s NICU and was placed on a cooling table for the next 72 hours to prevent further damage to his brain.

10/11/24 - Doctors reviewed Jonah’s MRI and essentially told us to start making arrangements for the following week because they did not think he would make it out of the NICU, much less breathe on his own. He was diagnosed with HIE (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy - which is a brain injury due to lack of oxygen to the brain)

10/13/24 - While we were getting Jonah out of his bed to hold him we thought we saw him opening his eyes and didn’t know if it was a twitch or intentional. Throughout this whole week, Jonah would begin to open his eyes more and more along with breathing over his breathing tube settings on his own!

10/19/24 - Jonah was extubated! We were all so nervous, but his doctor was so confident in him and we’re so blessed that she believed in him so much

10/21/24 - Jonah got off all breathing support and started breathing room air!

Jonah hadn’t had any seizures since the first couple days of life so we began to start weaning him off his seizure medication (and thankfully haven’t had any seizures since!)

We worked really hard to take a pacifier to work toward a bottle, but that was proving to be a longer play and the only thing holding us up in the NICU. Jonah then received a gtube, which is a feeding tube button in his stomach to allow him to be fed and work on the bottle on Jonah’s time

After 42 days, we finally left the NICU! Jonah is nothing short of a miracle and we are so blessed to see God’s hand on every single day of Jonah’s life.

Jonah has been in PT, OT, and feeding therapies which have all been so helpful for his development.

Jonah is improving each day, but it’s not without its struggles. We ask for constant prayers over Jonah that God will continue giving him the strength to fight and provide a complete brain healing for our sweet boy


Right now, Jonah needs your support more than ever. Unfortunately insurance doesn't cover many life-changing treatments for brain injuries, so many of the treatments and therapies that would tremendously help Jonah's brain heal are out of pocket. Some of these therapies include hyperbaric oxygen therapy, stem cell therapy, red light therapy, Anat Baniel Method treatments.

As we gather pricing for these therapies, we plan to share them here so you know where your help is going!

✔️ Hyperbaric Chamber Therapy-Enhances oxygen flow and brain function ($12k+ before travel expenses plus in home chamber of 13k). A 2 month stay is required. HBOT has been proven to immensely help brain injuries and we believe this can help heal Jonah's brain too.

✔️ Stem Cell Therapy (AZ - Two Treatments) to support neurological healing. ($8K+ each treatmet = $16+K before travel)

 
✔️ DMI intensive physical therapy - for targeted neurological rehabilitation. ($10k+)

Your help can make a difference in Jonah's journey. Please consider taking action to support him and his family.