Jack was Teresa's cousin. Below was written by her aunt and Jack's grand mom Linda Lyman.
Young Jack has had constant medical issues since he was born in 2008. He has now been diagnosed with less than a year to live due to a failing heart and is in hospice care. Even with insurance, his medical bills are crushing. His family needs help catching up, as well as with the funeral expenses they will be facing in the future.
Jack has the most infectious smile of any child you’ve met. Despite many, many difficulties, when Jack is pain free, he is a happy, laughing three year old. Born with several birth defects, Jack currently functions on the level of a three month old infant. For reasons unknown, Jack was born blind, has microcephaly, and a malformed heart. His digestive system doesn’t work right, so he has been on tube feeding since his first year. He is now on IV nutrition because part of his intestine doesn’t work as it should—and he has a hypersensitive pain reaction to any gut movement. Because of these ongoing medical issues, Jack has been in pain for much of the past year. Now, his heart is failing, and his doctors give him less than a year to live. After three plus years of caring for Jack at home, Will and Katie recently made the hard decision to place him in a residential hospice facility where he can get the 24/7 skilled nursing care he needs. It has made a huge difference in his comfort level. Before Jack was transferred to Hospice care, he had nine separate hospitalizations since December 2011, including a week in PICU. Even with insurance, the family’s medical bills are crushing. His parents have tapped every resource at their disposal, family and friends have made contributions when they can, but the expenses keep mounting up. So many people have asked me what they can do to help, that I decided to set up this fund raiser. A few dollars here, another few there, and maybe we can ease the crunch a bit. Thank you all in advance. The love, support and prayers the family has received over the past three years have been incredible, and much appreciated.
Recently, Teresa went to visit Jack. When she came home, we thought it would be a great idea to have X Four Three host a special charity WOD to benefit the Lyman family. Sadly, Jack passed away this past Thursday, but the huge financial burden of Jack's illness is still is still felt. We look forward to seeing everyone on the 29th!!! Thank you.
From Street Road, turn on to Johnsville Blvd. Then turn right on to Veterans Way. Follow Veterans Way all the way to the parking lot. The runway is a short walking distance from the parking lot.
Please let us know if you are planning on attending. This will help us to plan out everything so the event can run as smoothly as possible. Thank you!!!
