Pray For Chris Foundation

07/03/2018

Please post a prayer for Chris and his family. He was recently blessed by a generous family who donated a stander.

06/14/2018

In the state of South Carolina they group a stander that Chris needs into wheelchair categories and they pay a certain amount for these types of products. The wheelchairs are much cheaper than the standers. However they are grouped together because they are similar in design.The insurance company will pay what they consider a full amount for a wheelchair. The companies that sell the standers then cannot get compensated for the remaining balance and that's only about 40% of the price of a stander. They can't come back and charge us that other 60% by law and because they aren't going to make enough to sell it so they won't sell it to us even though Chris needs it to further his progress. They will not let us pay the difference. The request is being denied because they're paying what they're calling 100%. Medicaid won't pick up any more of the balance because they're saying that insurance pays 100 % for it but they're only really paying 40% of what it costs. By state law insurance is set up to pay only this amount so they won't sell the stander and you can't even get it unless you pay full price. You may have 50 kids that need a wheelchair and only have two kids that need a stander. They are just not a high demand purchase. That is why they group them together in the contract pricing with insurance companies. We are going to get this for Chris and we are going to have to pay the full price that will be over $5000. The bureaucracy of insurance companies makes us working and having insurance less helpful than someone who has no insurance and using medicade only. Either we pay the full amount of over $5000 or we can't get it for Chris.

GoFundMe Donate Share 33 Praying for Chris $1,435 of $5, Chris Gainey, as many know, is a vivacious and loving 14 year old young man. He is well known for his love for the Carolina Gamecocks, Boy Scouts, and Music/Dancing. He has touched the lives of everyone who has crossed his path. ...

06/11/2018

GoFundMe Donate Share 33 Praying for Chris $1,435 of $5, Chris Gainey, as many know, is a vivacious and loving 14 year old young man. He is well known for his love for the Carolina Gamecocks, Boy Scouts, and Music/Dancing. He has touched the lives of everyone who has crossed his path. ...

06/11/2018

Chris's story.. In October 2003, Chris was born premature at only 1lb 14 ounces at only 28 weeks. Being so tiny he could not produce red blood cells and had to have a tranfusion to save his life. That tranfusion caused a bleed in the brain and by his second month in the NICU he had been through two brain surgeries, the second to install a shunt. We were told we would be lucky if he would be able to hold his head up on his own with the severe brain damage from the bleed. At age two he was proving all the doctors wrong and had out grown the need for the shunt. He did have mild cerebral palsy that effected his right side. With therapy and lots of work Chris started school attending Thomas Hart Academy later going to West Hartsville elemetary and Hartsville junior high. Chris joined cub scouts and wanted nothing more than to become an eagle scout. Even with his limitaions he learned to shoot a bow and arrow for the Arrow of light ceremony with the scouts. Always dedicated to proving he could do anything he wanted, he never met a stranger and was always wanting to do for others. He did things I never imagined he would be able to do. Two days after his 13th birthday Chris faced yet another challenge. Chris had a massive stroke in his brain stem that had him unresponsive in a coma for almost two months. He had to have a trach, a feeding tube and another shunt installed in his brain. Chris slowly but surely began showing signs of coming around. In January 2017 he came home from the hospital with the help of many friends, community members and some great nurses. Here almost 2 years later eating, talking and working on building his strength. He tells us he will walk again. Melissa at Children's rehab is fighting hard against insurance and Medicaid trying to get Chris a stander in hopes this will help him progress to that level. Unfortunately we are hitting road blocks at every turn with that goal. We are also attempting to purchase land and a mobile home with handicap accessibility to meet his needs giving him room for all his medical equipment, a roll in shower, access to water supplies and a way to have a bit of privacy. Right now our home is just not meeting his needs. Even with all he has been through he keeps a smile on his face, laughter in his heart and a strong will. I wish everyone could see the pure strength and love this young man is full of.

06/10/2018

https://www.gofundme.com/9qs5f2-pray-for-chris

GoFundMe Donate Share 33 Praying for Chris $1,435 of $5, Chris Gainey, as many know, is a vivacious and loving 14 year old young man. He is well known for his love for the Carolina Gamecocks, Boy Scouts, and Music/Dancing. He has touched the lives of everyone who has crossed his path. ...

06/10/2018

Such an amazing young man!