NEW  JERSEY

Just a couple months after Tim’s accident his 4-year old son, John, came inside after playing and collapsed; he couldn’t stand or respond to stimulation. After being evaluated by the medical staff at Central Peninsula Hospital, John was sent home under observation. However, several hours later, John had another episode and was taken back to the emergency room. After an MRI, the doctors could see no tumors. A week later, John began having seizures that last a short time. John has had up to 9 seizures per day since that time. Local doctors did not know what was causing these symptoms in John.

The family flew to Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston to be evaluated by the epilepsy and neurology team. Since this time, John has been in the hospital with only recently being able to come back to Alaska for a short 3 weeks before heading back to Texas. John loves everything to do with firefighters, especially since his Dad is an Alaskan Fire Tech. In order to make his hospital stay a little less scary there is a campaign to send John as many fire department patches from across the United States, Canada and the World as possible.