Baby Joshua needs your help

But a Guinea Grass couple needs your help to save the life of their newborn son. Joshua Teck was born with an incomplete esophagus and is unable to be fed normally. Friends of Pediatrics has been helping the family and arranged to have the baby flown to the U.S. for medical treatment along with his mother and a nurse on a commercial flight. But the newborn required portable oxygen for the long trip and when it was time to board the plane, they were told that they could not take the oxygen tank on a commercial flight. The only option now is to travel by air ambulance, which will cost the family thousands of dollars that they can’t afford. Baby Joshua’s father, Jerome Teck, stopped by our studios today to ask the public for help in raising the funds.

Jerome Teck, Father of Joshua Teck
“Ih got wah Esophageal Problem. Ih born without ih esophagus go all di way to ih stomach; ih only reach like half way and we need fi go do wah esophageal repair.”

Delahnie Bain
“Where do you need to take the baby for medical attention?”

Jerome Teck
“Right dah United States, Richmond Virginia.”

Delahnie Bain
“And how soon is the baby supposed to be there?”

Jerome Teck
“As soon as possible because the baby is not feeding through the mouth; ih feeding through the vein. And then di baby di lose weight and I noh want si my baby get maaga so I try si what I could do fi di baby fi mek ih get normal.”

Delahnie Bain
“And how much money do you need to raise for the trip?”

Jerome Teck
“Twenty-five thousand. We can’t get through with the plane and we need some big help fi mek di baby reach deh so fast. And dah problem dehn give wi and so dat’s why I mi di try come dah Channel Five TV station fi try get help as soon as possible because dah wah emergency and we need di baby fi go like Monday because dehn cancel di trip and dah due to weh di plane noh want use di oxygen and dehn noh want portable oxygen.”

The Teck family can be contacted through Friends of Pediatrics.