Last Saturday 2-year-old Grayson McKenzie spent nine hours in an ambulance from Klamath Falls to Portland’s Children’s Hospital to receive advanced care for a severe respiratory virus.
While he is currently 100% reliant upon a ventilator to do his breathing for him, he is also on sedation medication to allow his body to begin to recover, and therefore is unconscious, even with all of this, his blood pressure still rises when he hears his mommy and daddy’s voices.
The McKenzie’s also have a 4-week-old daughter at home.
It is expected that Grayson will be in the ICU for at least two weeks.
The costs of Grayson’s care and the care of their newborn have created a large financial strain on the family, and a GoFundMe site has been set up to help with Grayson’s health care expenses. To view and/or donate to the GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-grayson-mckenzie-family-in-icu
