$45: One pack (5 cuffs) blood pressure cuffs for the smallest children in our care.
$170: One case of preemie sized diapers for neonates weighing up to 4 pounds.
$500: One fetal heart monitor to monitor the condition of a baby’s heart as it grows inside of the mother.
$1,000: One pulsoximeter, which measures the oxygen saturation in the blood. This is important to keep track of and dramatic drops in blood oxygen levels can be catastrophic.
$1,700: One pediatric wheelchair, specially made in many different sizes for kids of all sizes and abilities.
$4,250: One ventilator, which assist children who cannot breathe on their own.
$7,500: One bedside monitor, which checks all vital signs, including a child’s heart rate, oxygenation, and respiration.
$10,000: One critical care crib, specially designed for children in critical care to limit movement in order to keep infants and toddlers safe while allowing comfort and access for medical equipment.
$17,000: One MRI scan, which can be the crucial first step in determining a child’s illness or diagnosis. An MRI of the brain and brainstem can find tumors and other abnormalities.
$36,500: 10 weeks’ worth of books to help kids cope with their illnesses through a program that uses books to speak to children in a language they can understand - on their level.
$48,000: One transportable infant incubator, which is critical to an Emergency Transport Team. This piece of equipment not only maintains the optimal conditions for critically ill infants, but it easily transportable for children that need to be transported to a children’s hospital for their care.
$56,000: One Giraffe OmniBed, which combines the most advanced in infant incubator technology with the latest radiant warmer.
$73,000: One year of cancer treatment for a child. Cancer treatment in the form of chemotherapy and radiation therapy is also coupled with palliative (pain management) care and other forms of coping for children undergoing this intensive treatment.
$80,000: One life-saving ECMO machine (extra corporeal membrane oxygenator) treatment for one child in the NICCU or CTICU. The ECMO machine treatment turns a high likelihood of mortality (80%) to a huge shot at survival (80% survival rate) for children suffering from failing lungs or heart.
$230,000: Provides one child with a Bone Marrow Transplant to treat sickle cell anemia or leukemia, the most common form of childhood pediatric cancer.
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