Little angel watching over: Another Angel Avery

Our Little Hero-Avery John Rauen

My fiancé and I had our son, Avery John, on 4/14/09. He was born with gastroschisis, a disease that affects 1 out of every 5000 babies in the US and 1 out of every 2000 babies in NC. He stayed in the NICU for 107 days where he unexpectedly died due to complications from surgery on 7/30.

The medical community still has no idea what causes gastroschisis and 10% of babies die due to the disease. To continue a precious legacy of hope we have established a 501(c)3 nonprofit, Avery's Angels (R) Gastroschisis Foundation. We are always looking for support and volunteers. Find us on Facebook or email us at info@averysangels.org

If you can't make a monetary donation, please donate blood and/or plasma. 1 adult donation of plasma/platelets saves 12 babies.

You can read his complete story here in our August-September Blogs titled Avery's Story Part I-VI.

We can get something done to make sure that this never happens again. Gastroschisis has been around for thousands of years and still, very little is known about it. Please join our fight to learn more about this disease and make it so there are less gastroschisis angels and more babies.

Love and blessings
Meg

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Another Angel Avery

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