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After tragedy struck, the K. family of Ofakim hoped they would never have to endure another one.�But one month ago, the diagnosis came in: Fourteen month old Batsheva�s brain had stopped�functioning.

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Five years ago the K. family lost their six-year- old son in a tragic accident. An iron gate fell on his head at�school and after two days of hanging between life and death, he passed away. This took a tremendous�toll on the large family but with time they learned to cope with their heartbreaking loss.

Batsheva Esther, their fourteen months old daughter, was a normal, healthy child. Just six weeks ago her�parents noticed that she wasn�t feeling well so they brought her to the family doctor. Expecting to hear�the usual instructions; give fluids, get rest, and take medicine, the parents were shocked at the doctor�s�reaction. Something was terribly wrong. He sent them straight to the emergency room.

What appeared to be a standard childhood virus was apparently not typical at all. From the E.R.,�Batsheva was sent to Schneider Hospital for further testing and evaluation. It was revealed that a�dangerous yet asymptomatic virus had been present for some time in her body. There was no way to tell�it was there until it was too late. Thank G-d, Batsheva�s heart is working, but for some time there had�been a lack of oxygen flow to her brain, causing damage. Batsheva�s parents were panic stricken.

After sending her to yet another hospital for an additional week of evaluations, the doctors were still at�a loss. They decided to send Batsheva to Alyn Hospital, a rehabilitation center in Jerusalem.

Batsheva�s parents are beside themselves with worry. Their constant, immediate fear is that of G-d�forbid losing another child, something with which they are, unfortunately, too familiar. They also fear�the unknown. Who knows what her condition will be? They travel back and forth from Ofakim to�Jerusalem every day to be with Batsheva. Without a car, this journey takes them more than two and a�half hours each way. Sometimes they rent a room in the hospital so they can be closer to her, but this is�very expensive.

Understandably this has also been extremely hard on their other children. Though the parents try to�arrange activities for them, they spend many days alone in the house, during their summer vacation.�This intensifies the severe anxiety that they are already dealing with, due to the sudden sickness of their�baby sister. Some of the children need to see therapists to help them deal with their worry.

In addition to the agonizing emotional stress that they are under, Batsheva�s parents are suffering�terribly, financially. Medical bills, travel expenses, boarding expenses, the costs of hired help at home,�etc, has all added up to many thousands of dollars of unexpected expenses.

We are therefore turning to you. Together, with your help, we can help little Batsheva and her family�during these trying times. We can help offset some of their skyrocketing bills. We would like rent an�apartment close to the hospital over the summer, so her parents can spend less time traveling and more�time with all of their children, giving the family some sense of normalcy. Our goal is to lift them up�emotionally and raise $7200 to assist them in getting through the summer and the chagim, which is a�very expensive time. Let�s show Batsheva�s family that though they are suffering, we are here to help.

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