Season of Giving With Wren - 2025
One of the riskiest moments for a premature or critically ill infant is moving them from one location to another. Having vital equipment for transportation could mean the difference between life and death for East Tennessee Children’s Hospital’s tiniest, most vulnerable patients, like Wren.
With your support, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital can continue to give him the state-of-the-art care he needs close to home.
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See Wren’s Full Story
Wren Jacob Werner’s journey began earlier than expected on March 22, 2024. He entered the world with a fierce and fighting spirit, despite weighing just 3 pounds and 2 ounces and measuring a tiny 16 inches long at birth.
Two days later, doctors discovered Wren had a rare and life-threatening condition called tracheoesophageal fistula, where the esophagus and windpipe are improperly connected. He needed emergency surgery to survive and was rushed to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. He was safely transported via a lifesaving neonatal transport team, equipped to safely transfer critically ill newborns. Wren arrived in time for the pediatric surgeons to perform critical surgery, connecting his esophagus to his stomach. The days that followed were full of challenges, setbacks and prayers but Wren never gave up. After 68 long days in the NICU, Wren finally went home – stronger, thriving and full of hope.
Now we need your help to provide this state-of-the-art care for other children in our region and beyond.
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital urgently needs another transport incubator - the most advanced neonatal transport technology available to safely transport infants. A neonatal transport incubator is a portable, insulated medical device designed to provide a stable, controlled, and life-sustaining environment for infants during transport between medical facilities or from the point of delivery to a hospital. Without specialized transport equipment, such as incubators, an infant’s health can deteriorate quickly.
We rely on generous supporters like you to help raise the funds needed to purchase life-saving equipment that our patients need. We need to raise $166,430 to purchase a transport incubator, so we can continue to make more stories like Wren’s possible for other children and their families.
Your donation helps us purchase more than equipment - it provides lifesaving care, expert medical teams, and a chance for children to heal, grow and live the childhood they deserve.
Help us take care of our future, one child at a time by donating today.
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