Local kids to benefit from P.A. fundraiser
A gala event in Prince Albert next month will help three local families, who have been inundated with steep medical bills.
The Optimist Club of Prince Albert announced the recipients for its fourth annual Fall Gala. Shauna’s McKee’s nearly one-year-old son Tatum is one of the recipients.
“We feel grateful. Tatum has been through some ups and downs since he was born” she said.
Tatum has Biliary Atresia, a rare liver disease that occurs in infants. A Kasai Procedure was done to help prevent liver failure but the procedure does not offer any guarantees. Tatum was diagnosed with suspected cholangitis, one of the many common complications after the surgery and is now on daily doses of numerous expensive medications. McKee told paNOW she pays on average $250 per month for medications and they’ve had to pay for numerous trips to Edmonton and Saskatoon.