Update from Laura Dufford Jackson (Patricia’s daughter and Reese’s Aunt):
I feel like everyone read my last post and felt the urgency and need for prayers…and guess what? It worked! All of the extra prayers, the hard prayers, the pleas for God’s help have worked and been heard. Reese is having a tremendous weekend! No, she isn’t sitting up in bed eating ice cream yet like we would all love to see, but she has made some big strides in improvement. This mornings x-rays showed huge changes, you can actually see the shape of the lungs and see some good sized areas of air! Such a welcome sight. She has been weaned down to 65% on ECMO which means the ECMO is doing 65% of the work while she is doing 35%…this is HUGE! This little girl is trying…I have been trying to let you all know how much she is trying and this should tell the story…she tries so darn hard. I would venture to say that she is probably as good today as she has been in maybe 5 weeks. So what we ask of you today is to thank God for hearing our pleas and prayers…thank Him and ask for more…she still needs more prayers, she needs to get off of ECMO and we are headed in the right direction right now. Pray for continued improvement with the lungs, pray for gas exchange in the lungs, pray for Reese to stay strong and hold her own. Please don’t forget to thank God for what he has given us thus far…and right now we feel more hopeful than we have in a long time. No, we have never given up hope but right now, that hope feels so good. Thanks to you all for your support….support through the 2 events that were held for Mom and Reese this weekend (One in Mercersburg and one in Berryville). Thanks to those that still send cards, and thanks to those that pray every day and think of this family. We are making progress!
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.
