On Friday, we were all so excited as Patricia made her way home, to Waverly, for the first time since the fire on May 26th. While everyone was overjoyed with this event, Reese had a rough morning. In true Reese fashion, she pulled through a very scary Friday morning just beautifully. This little girl just never ceases to amaze! After a huge scare for all, Reese bounced back and is doing great now. Reese’s doctors feel she needs to be tested some to see what she can do, so Sunday, they started weaning her ECMO back and so far, though it’s only 15% on her own, she is handling it just fine. Getting her off of ECMO is what everyone has their sites on. So please pray for Reese to handle this weaning process and for her lungs to begin working on their own. As if this wasn’t enough excitement…Sunday, Patricia visited Reese for the first time. Reese’s nurses had her room looking better than ever, all of her stuffed animal and pictures and gifts were placed just perfectly. Reese’s hair was braided in two fresh braids and she had purple bows in her hair. The nurses and doctors that are usually bustling around in her room all stayed back as “MiMi” made her way to the bedside. What an emotional day but beautiful day. Patricia (MiMi as the grand kids call her) talked with Reese and told her it was time to breath, and heal, and get well so we can all laugh and play soon. The family thinks that Reese heard her because Reese had a great day and had a very promising x- ray this last evening. Everyone is hoping for Reese to make big improvements this week. Patricia is all settled in at the farm and is also improving daily. She shows us her strength daily and proves to us she can handle most anything. Please continue your prayers this week…we pray for forward progress with Reese’s lungs, we pray Patricia gets stronger everyday and we pray for the families and friends supporting us to stay strong too.
We would also like to thank all those who showed their support to the Help Heroes Fundraiser that raised over $24,000. (Read more: Helping Heroes Fundraiser raises $24,230 in support of Patricia Stiles and Reese Burdette)
In order to help the Reese and Patricia and their families, there are a number of ways including:
- To contribute to Patricia and Reese’s Fund please Click HERE.
- Let’s show Reese Burdette how much we are thinking and praying for her with a card shower! Here is her address: John Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans Street , Baltimore , MD. 21287 Attn: Reese Burdette, Bloomberg 4- South Room # 25
- A bank account is set up for Patricia Stiles and Reese Burdette. Mail checks to Capital One Bank 12806 Shank Farm Way Hagerstown , Maryland 21742. Place the names Patricia Stiles and Reese Burdette in the memo of check.
