Jared Schild is an active 12 year old boy. He is a 6th grader at Campbell County Middle School who participates in Boy Scouts.On Wednesday April 1st, 2009, Jared started to have joint pain in his hip and ankle on his right leg. The pain spread to his knee and he started with a fever on Thursday. On Friday the pain was spreading to his left leg and he got sick a couple of times. By Saturday it was getting worse and spreading into his back so his parents took him to the doctor.
The doctor sent him to Children's Hospital and while there, it spread into all of his joints and he could not move without being in severe pain. A rash that he had, began to spread over his body. Late Saturday night they admitted him to a regular room. On Sunday they moved him to the ICU about 9am and he went downhill fast. He had a respiratory arrest and the staff spent several hours resuscitating him. He was diagnosed with a staph infection called ORSA which is "Oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus" which had gotten into his blood stream. On April 9th, Jared had his first surgery to remove bacteria from his right femur and hip. By April 29th, five surgeries had been performed on him.
On May 12th Jared finally came home from the hospital after almost six weeks.On September 2nd his right femur fractured and he was readmitted to Children's Hospital. September 3rd was his 5th surgery where they put two stainless steel screws in his leg. By October 2nd, the doctors determined that the screws were not stable. There were signs of infection due to the screws, so they went in for another clean out and fitted him for a body brace. Jared will be in the brace for about a year. He now gets around in a wheel chair. While health insurance is covering the majority of the medical bills, the family needed to invest in a full size van with a lift. They also had to make some changes around the house such as installing a concrete pad by the house, installing a more permanent ramp to get into the house and widening some doors in the house.A dinner/dance/raffle benefit to help fund these activities is planned for Saturday Feb 13, 2010 at Camp Springs Firehouse.
The cost of the tickets is $30 per person or $50 per couple. Contact Rhonda Bezold at Rhonda.Bezold@gmail.com or 859-448-0399 for reservations. Checks should be made payable to "UGMA # 6150969" which is an account created at Citizens Bank specifically for this benefit. Tickets will be mailed out two weeks prior to the event.
If you are unable to attend, but would like to make a donation, monetary donations may be made at any Citizens Bank in Northern Kentucky. Since this is a private fund raiser and Jared is not a "non-profit", contributions cannot be tax deductible.
Thank you for your support.
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