Fri Dec 3, 2021 – 11:28 am EST
Help the Jobins reunite with mother & child under one roof: LifeFunder.com
(LifeSiteNews) — A Canadian family of eleven, whose daughter tragically suffered brain damage during birth, hopes to be reunited under one roof in 2022 following three years of separation due to inadequate living conditions at home for their special needs child.
Marc and Carole Jobin had hugged their children goodbye on September 2, 2018, leaving home for the hospital, excited to meet their new little one.
The child was in a footling breech position, causing Carole to suffer a ruptured uterus and baby Marie-Ange to be deprived of oxygen. This resulted in a significant brain injury to the newborn baby.
The hemorrhaging that followed also nearly took Carole’s life. A mother of nine children, she has been a full-time nurse to her little girl since then, providing care for hours on end each day.
The family’s small rural house is unfortunately unsuitable for the 24/7 nursing care needed for Marie-Ange, as her condition requires a temperature-stable environment that is impossible to achieve in a century-old home heated by a wood stove.
A move was considered, but in the current market, meeting this family’s housing needs would be beyond the means of a single income. Carole therefore was forced to move with Marie-Ange to a more suitable rental in a neighboring town.
Being struck by the family’s love for each other, Myles Dear, a community advocate whose
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