My friend at Gentle Doctor Animal Hospitals, Dr. Belfiore (Megan Belfiore-DiGiacomo), recently had a beautiful baby girl.
Guilia Marin DiGiacomo
Family friends are sponsoring a Go Fund Me page for Giulia and her family. Here is their story as told on their page...
On December 29th, Megan and Dominic DiGiacomo welcomed beautiful Giulia Marin DiGiacomo to their family. Early on in the pregnancy, Giulia was diagnosed with arthrogryposis. It's a condition that prevents a child's joints from moving normally. Often, the muscles around the joints are thin, weak, stiff or missing.
After Giulia was born, it was learned the condition is primarily affecting her hands, feet and legs. She spent her first month in the NICU unit at Methodist Women's Hospital. Giulia has already been fitted with a cast on one of her legs, and will undergo numerous surgeries in her first years of life. To further complicate things, a G-tube was placed in Giulia's stomach to allow her to get proper nurishment because she was having problems feeding normally.
Some of the DiGiacomo's "Italian friends" have put this page together to help them with mounting medical bills. Megan spent the last half of her pregnancy on bed rest and has been unable to work since, to care for Giulia. They are down to a single family income, and more medical bills are coming in. They have a high deductible insurance, and their out of pocket expenses will be significant.
As you can imagine, it's been a stressful time for the family, and we just want to do whatever we can to help make things a little easier, especially for their two other daughters, Gianna and Gabriella.
We hope you'll make a donation to help them get through this challenging time. Any amount, no matter how large or small, will go a long way in helping them pay their bills and letting them know that we are all thinking about them.
Help spread the word!
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Post from one year ago today...
March 12, 2016