Calin Samora

Dear Friends, Family and Community,

In an instant the life of our son, Calin Reed Samora was irrevocably changed. Calin was born at 6:05 am on July 6, 2013, a healthy 7.0 lbs. and 19″ long. He was a perfect, beautiful, bouncy baby boy with blue eyes and light blond hair. Three months later, everything changed when little Calin’s caregiver shook him. He now suffers from brain damage, vision loss, seizures and many other physical and mental disabilities.

Calin is on medications for seizures and receives physical, occupational, vision and child development therapy every week. The brain tissue that was damaged has turned into liquid cysts and may require surgery in the future. The doctors cannot give us any indication of his future abilities or limitations, including his physical and mental capacities. They have told us that we will have to wait and see.

Even with insurance there are many medical expenses that are not covered and must be paid out of pocket. Some of these are very expensive such as the hyperbaric treatments that he is currently receiving and he will need a stem cell transplant in the future. In addition we have travel and lodging expenses at the time of treatment, medications, co-pays, and deductibles. This puts us up against a challenge we cannot meet alone and desperately need your help.

To help with the financial burden of Calin’s uninsured expenses, a fundraising campaign in his honor has been established with HelpHOPELive, a trusted nonprofit organization that has been providing community-based fundraising guidance to patients and their families for more than 30 years. All donations are tax deductible, are held by HelpHOPELive in the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund, and are administered by HelpHOPELive for injury-related expenses only. Please consider making a contribution.

Be sure to check this page often because we will be planning some fundraising events soon and posting updates regularly. If you’d like to volunteer to help, please contact Calin’s aunt, Joy Reed at [email protected] or 805-485-8022.

On behalf of Calin, ourselves and our family, thank you for your kindness, support, generosity and prayers. God Bless!!

Loretta and Gilbert Samora