Help for Baby Zane

Mye De Leon is a talented digital artist who I knew online for a campaign she started for her youngest child and only boy Alphonse. Alphonse was born with Down syndrome and also had Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF). Simply put ToF is caused by a combination of four heart defects which cause oxygenated and deoxygenated blood to mix. Children with ToF are usually called “blue babies” because of the circulation of the oxygen- poor blood in their bodies.

Mye raised the funds she needed through the efforts an amazing community who rallied behind her and who helped her raise the funds for Alphone’s life saving surgery. You can read updates on Alphonse over at Mye’s website  (www.myedeleon.com)

Now Mye wants to give back. One of the families at the Down Syndrome Association of the Philippines has been trying to raise funds for the surgery of their baby boy Zane. Zane it seems also has ToF. To help raise funds for Zane, Mye will be selling five of her prints for only $10! ALL PROCEEDS will go to Baby Zane’s surgery fund.

The prints are adorable and are in already high-res so its ready for printing and display! My most favorite among the set is this:

Here are the rest of Mye’s prints. The last one is perfect for crafty moms 🙂

 

 

Every little bit counts for dear baby Zane. Kids with Ds always present with some form of heart defect or another. Noah had a small hole called an ASD in his heart which closed on its own when Noah turned one. Open heart surgery is very common for kids with Ds but it is this surgery that allows our children to bloom and be healthy.

Let’s all help baby Zane get that chance to be healthy and strong. Zane’s family also has a personal gofundme account here which you can donate to directly.  You can also share the family’s page via Facebook or Twitter. Their fundraising goal is $20,000 but they have only raised $4,600 so far. Their most recent update is that they need Php9,600 for 3 days of antibiotics for Zane.

 

To recap, Mye’s prints for baby Zane can be bought here
Baby Zane’s fundraising page is here
Zane is in Iloilo City. His mom, Sheira May Rentillo may be contacted at +639192028940

THANK YOU!!!