Prayers Needed!!!!!
THIS ISN'T FAKE! THIS ISN'T SOME CHEESY CHAIN LETTER!!!
One of my really good friends from school John Ring has a little 2 year old brother, Christopher Madden, who was severly burned this week. Down below I attached what happened to him and an article of and interview with John and Chris's mom. They are having problems with insurance covering everything because he is burned really bad, there is an address below attached that they are excepting donations. You don't have to donate, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep their family in your prayers!!! Please pass this on
Thank you. Hope everyone is having an awesome summer!!!!!
DONATIONS NEEDED!!!
Christopher James Madden, Age 2, was critically injured in a flash fire on August 3,2006. He is currently at Rileys Childrens Hospital Burn Unit in Indianapolis. He has severe injuries that include 75% of his body sustained 3rd degree burns and his entire face sustained 2nd degree burns. We are asking for donations to help with the overwhelming costs of his care. The maximum insurance coverage amount was used in less than 24 hours. He will need hospitalization for at least 3-4 months and then has to go through physical therapy and numerous skin grafting surgeries for the rest of his life. Please help us by donating and praying for Chris! He is a brother, a son, and the life of the family. All donations will be greatly appreciated and our family will be forever grateful for everyones kind and caring gift.
All donations can be sent to the following:
Regional Federal Credit Union
389 West Us Highway 6
Valparaiso, IN 46385
219-763-9714
Please Make out checks/money orders to Chris Madden/Lynn Madden
Please put to the deposit of Chris Madden/Lynn Madden Account
Two-year-old Christopher Madden is fighting for his life days after being engulfed in flames by a burning gas can at his rural Valparaiso home.
Christopher is being monitored around the clock on the burn unit at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis after suffering third-degree burns on 75 to 85 percent of his body as a result of the Wednesday accident, his mother said.
You go from hysterical to angry, Lynn Madden, 42, said Saturday from Indianapolis. The emotions go everywhere.
You shut down. You dont want to eat, you dont want to sleep.
Christopher was engulfed by flames Wednesday evening when his 16-year-old brother Ricky accidentally hit him with a burning gas can that had ignited in the familys garage at their home in the 500 block of Glenwood Drive in Center Township.
Lynn Madden said Ricky reacted instinctively when the gas can ignited near his 15-year-old brother Danny. Danny told police the gas can and spilled gasoline on the garage floor ignited when he started a mo-ped he and Ricky had been working on that evening.
Ricky thought Christopher was inside watching cartoons at the time, Lynn Madden said, and tossed the burning can out of the garage without knowing Christopher was standing in the way.
(Ricky and Danny) were quite hysterical that night, Lynn Madden said. This happened so fast. Someone brought them to Porter (hospital), and Ricky kept bawling and sobbing.
Lynn Madden said Christopher nearly died four different times since being admitted at Rileys, including earlier Saturday when a nurse spent more than an hour using a manual ventilator bag on Christopher after his body rejected the machine ventilator.
Hes not good, Lynn Madden said. Hes at the very edge.
The mother said a team of burn experts have been monitoring her son day and night, with nearly a dozen nurses working to make Christopher as comfortable as possible.
The boy has remained unconscious since being airlifted from Porter hospitals Valparaiso campus to Indianapolis late Wednesday.
He has undergone two surgeries already, and another one has been rescheduled multiple times because doctors have been hesitant to move him, Lynn Madden said.
Theyve already made as many incisions on his body as they can to relieve the pressure, Lynn Madden said. There are just so many different types of fluids going into him. Ive never seen anything like it.
Lynn Madden works at Mittal Steel in East Chicago. Christopher is the youngest of five children in the family.
Hes a sweetheart, very playful and highly intelligent, Lynn Madden said. He would play with you and get along with you no matter who you were. If you wanted to play, eat some ice cream or watch cartoons, he would be right there with you.
The family is planning a fund-raiser to help offset the costs of the medical bills. Details are forthcoming.
To everyone who has been keeping Christopher in their prayers, Lynn Madden said, we want them to know how grateful we are.
One of my really good friends from school John Ring has a little 2 year old brother, Christopher Madden, who was severly burned this week. Down below I attached what happened to him and an article of and interview with John and Chris's mom. They are having problems with insurance covering everything because he is burned really bad, there is an address below attached that they are excepting donations. You don't have to donate, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep their family in your prayers!!! Please pass this on
Thank you. Hope everyone is having an awesome summer!!!!!
DONATIONS NEEDED!!!
Christopher James Madden, Age 2, was critically injured in a flash fire on August 3,2006. He is currently at Rileys Childrens Hospital Burn Unit in Indianapolis. He has severe injuries that include 75% of his body sustained 3rd degree burns and his entire face sustained 2nd degree burns. We are asking for donations to help with the overwhelming costs of his care. The maximum insurance coverage amount was used in less than 24 hours. He will need hospitalization for at least 3-4 months and then has to go through physical therapy and numerous skin grafting surgeries for the rest of his life. Please help us by donating and praying for Chris! He is a brother, a son, and the life of the family. All donations will be greatly appreciated and our family will be forever grateful for everyones kind and caring gift.
All donations can be sent to the following:
Regional Federal Credit Union
389 West Us Highway 6
Valparaiso, IN 46385
219-763-9714
Please Make out checks/money orders to Chris Madden/Lynn Madden
Please put to the deposit of Chris Madden/Lynn Madden Account
Two-year-old Christopher Madden is fighting for his life days after being engulfed in flames by a burning gas can at his rural Valparaiso home.
Christopher is being monitored around the clock on the burn unit at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis after suffering third-degree burns on 75 to 85 percent of his body as a result of the Wednesday accident, his mother said.
You go from hysterical to angry, Lynn Madden, 42, said Saturday from Indianapolis. The emotions go everywhere.
You shut down. You dont want to eat, you dont want to sleep.
Christopher was engulfed by flames Wednesday evening when his 16-year-old brother Ricky accidentally hit him with a burning gas can that had ignited in the familys garage at their home in the 500 block of Glenwood Drive in Center Township.
Lynn Madden said Ricky reacted instinctively when the gas can ignited near his 15-year-old brother Danny. Danny told police the gas can and spilled gasoline on the garage floor ignited when he started a mo-ped he and Ricky had been working on that evening.
Ricky thought Christopher was inside watching cartoons at the time, Lynn Madden said, and tossed the burning can out of the garage without knowing Christopher was standing in the way.
(Ricky and Danny) were quite hysterical that night, Lynn Madden said. This happened so fast. Someone brought them to Porter (hospital), and Ricky kept bawling and sobbing.
Lynn Madden said Christopher nearly died four different times since being admitted at Rileys, including earlier Saturday when a nurse spent more than an hour using a manual ventilator bag on Christopher after his body rejected the machine ventilator.
Hes not good, Lynn Madden said. Hes at the very edge.
The mother said a team of burn experts have been monitoring her son day and night, with nearly a dozen nurses working to make Christopher as comfortable as possible.
The boy has remained unconscious since being airlifted from Porter hospitals Valparaiso campus to Indianapolis late Wednesday.
He has undergone two surgeries already, and another one has been rescheduled multiple times because doctors have been hesitant to move him, Lynn Madden said.
Theyve already made as many incisions on his body as they can to relieve the pressure, Lynn Madden said. There are just so many different types of fluids going into him. Ive never seen anything like it.
Lynn Madden works at Mittal Steel in East Chicago. Christopher is the youngest of five children in the family.
Hes a sweetheart, very playful and highly intelligent, Lynn Madden said. He would play with you and get along with you no matter who you were. If you wanted to play, eat some ice cream or watch cartoons, he would be right there with you.
The family is planning a fund-raiser to help offset the costs of the medical bills. Details are forthcoming.
To everyone who has been keeping Christopher in their prayers, Lynn Madden said, we want them to know how grateful we are.