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Hello my name is Jason Anthony Long. I was born on the 8th June 2007. I was born 9 weeks early and spent 84 days in NICU with a lot of other little babies that decided to arrive early as well.
I have had a pretty tough life and have spent a lot of my time in hospital. I kept getting sick very easily and wasn't able to socialise, or even leave home like other children my age, in case I caught something.
My mommy and daddy worry about me constantly because I don't eat like other children. I am very small, delayed and get sick very easily.
When I was very young I used to drink my bottles or eat my food but this would hurt me and cause me lots of pain (mommy and daddy called it reflux). I couldn't eat enough so I was very thin and not well and had to have a big operation to fix me. I was given a special tube that mommy and daddy feed me through. This tube is called a G-Tube or Mic-key Tube and is in my tummy.
As a result of being born 9 weeks early and not using my mouth to eat, I am very underweight, delayed with my speech and understanding, get sick very easily and I am very small for my age.
Mommy and daddy have tried very hard to get me to eat and drink but I refuse to. We have been to see lots of doctors and therapists in South Africa but no-body can help me. In order for me to learn to eat and drink again we need to go to a special children's hospital in Austria. This hospital specialises in eating disorders.
Mommy and daddy have heard many positive and encouraging stories about this special hospital. They have also spoken to other mommies and daddies in South Africa and other countries that have been with their little boys and girls. Those little boys and girls have learnt to eat and drink after 3 - 4 weeks. The hospital has a very high success rate.
Please help me and my family raise the money I need to go to this special hospital. It would be life changing for me and my parents if I can learn to eat again. Our family cannot afford the hospital fees, medical expenses, flights, food and accommodation. Mommy and daddy have opened a special Trust that will hold the money for my medical costs, expensive formulas and tubes, nutritional requirements and for therapy that I may need in South Africa and most importantly for us to go to Austria.
The hospital that may be able to help me eat again http://www.notube.at/.
I have had a pretty tough life and have spent a lot of my time in hospital. I kept getting sick very easily and wasn't able to socialise, or even leave home like other children my age, in case I caught something.
My mommy and daddy worry about me constantly because I don't eat like other children. I am very small, delayed and get sick very easily.
When I was very young I used to drink my bottles or eat my food but this would hurt me and cause me lots of pain (mommy and daddy called it reflux). I couldn't eat enough so I was very thin and not well and had to have a big operation to fix me. I was given a special tube that mommy and daddy feed me through. This tube is called a G-Tube or Mic-key Tube and is in my tummy.
As a result of being born 9 weeks early and not using my mouth to eat, I am very underweight, delayed with my speech and understanding, get sick very easily and I am very small for my age.
Mommy and daddy have tried very hard to get me to eat and drink but I refuse to. We have been to see lots of doctors and therapists in South Africa but no-body can help me. In order for me to learn to eat and drink again we need to go to a special children's hospital in Austria. This hospital specialises in eating disorders.
Mommy and daddy have heard many positive and encouraging stories about this special hospital. They have also spoken to other mommies and daddies in South Africa and other countries that have been with their little boys and girls. Those little boys and girls have learnt to eat and drink after 3 - 4 weeks. The hospital has a very high success rate.
Please help me and my family raise the money I need to go to this special hospital. It would be life changing for me and my parents if I can learn to eat again. Our family cannot afford the hospital fees, medical expenses, flights, food and accommodation. Mommy and daddy have opened a special Trust that will hold the money for my medical costs, expensive formulas and tubes, nutritional requirements and for therapy that I may need in South Africa and most importantly for us to go to Austria.
The hospital that may be able to help me eat again http://www.notube.at/.
