Logan Reese
“One day…I’ll play soccer again. One day…I’ll jump rope again. One day…I’ll eat popcorn with my own hands again.”
Four-year-old Logan Reese has been living with paralysis since transverse myelitis took him and his family by surprise overnight in March 2025.
As a reporter for the Charlotte Observer captures, in the days after the life-changing event:
“It was the word paralysis that landed hardest, the possibility of permanent quadriplegia that felt most brutal.”
Logan spent 100 days in the hospital then began rehabilitation. When he was finally able to return home in June 2025, he required around-the-clock caregiving and a wide range of specialists, therapies, and medical supplies.
Logan’s hospital stay was mostly covered by Medicaid. What came after wasn’t, from medical travel to home modifications to therapy:
“In the first year alone, the family spent roughly $67,000 out of pocket.”
That’s why they turned to Help Hope Live. In the midst of an uncertain prognosis and an often-overwhelming present, Logan’s family reflects on what hasn’t changed for Logan:
“I don’t know how you could be happy with what he has. Yet he is happy all the time — singing, laughing, trying to make us laugh.”
