Collectors of Live Memorabilia, Fundraiser for Baby Easton Friedel Options

[rock4adiference]

To all the diehard Live fans and collectors. This is a rare piece of Live history, donated by the wonderfully gracious Chad Taylor! A good friend of mine, Cher Grice is helping in organizing a fundraiser to raise money for Easton Friedel who was born this past August with a severe case of Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). Easton is barely 6 weeks old and suffers in horrible pain from this disease. His story is below.

Rare poster of Public Affection signed by all 4 members. If you want to bid on this rare piece of Live history, the fundraiser starts this Sunday and you can check here Support Baby Easton Friedel



Thanks again to CT for always lending a helping hand for those in need!! Donating to fundraisers, saving lives, all in a days work!


Easton's Story
Baby Easton was born August 23rd, 2012 at Auburn Memorial Hospital and immediately his parents knew something was wrong. He was missing skin on most of his limbs, covered in scary, deep red, open wounds. He came out screaming violently, his weak five-pound, fifteen-ounce body shaking because of the unbearable pain. Auburn Memorial hospital had never seen a case like this so he was transferred to Crouse, where the doctor had only seen 2 in his entire career. Baby Easton was unable to even take a pacifier for comfort because the friction of it against his skin left his lips blistered immediately...so they had to put in a feeding tube and his mom will have to pump instead of nursing him. His pain was eventually controlled with a combination of morphine and Tylenol, and he is on antiobiotics to try and prevent infection from his many open wounds. He is getting new blisters from being cleaned after he goes potty...and needs to be medicated to tolerate the pain of cleaning him up. Changing his bandages is also extremely painful and calls for more morephine. The drs are talking about moving him from NY to Cinncinati Children's hospital. He is the worst case they have ever seen.

He was quickly diagnosed with a severe form of Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). EB is a rare genetic skin disease (affecting only 1 out of 50,000 births). In this condition, there is a defect in the connective tissue of the skin and mucous membranes that causes the skin to be so fragile that the slightest friction, minor injury, heat, rubbing, or scratching causes severe blistering —inside (such as the mouth, stomach, esophagus) and outside the body. These blisters can cause serious, sometimes fatal problems, when they become infected. The systemic and repetitive nature of the blistering leads to blindness, swallowing and breathing difficulties, scarring, infection, disfigurement, disability and dehydration. Ultimately, such devastating effects can produce a high rate of mortality. In fact, 87% of babies born with one of the more severe forms of EB do not live more than 12 months. There is NO cure for this horrific disease. Sufferers of EB have compared the sores with third-degree burns. They live in unthinkable pain.

With skin as fragile as butterfly wings, EB patients are dubbed “Butterfly Children." On the outside, physical wounds and limitations brought on by this disorder prevent them from normal daily activities enjoyed by other children. On the inside, their dreams are the same as any child who loves, plays, learns and grows despite the pain and impediment caused by their disease.

The following is what it’s like to be diagnosed with one of the more severe forms of EB:

Imagine…

•a child with painful wounds similar to burns covering most of his or her body.
•having to wrap each tiny little infant finger with Vaseline gauze and then cover it with gauze to prevent the hand from scarring, webbing and contracting.
•never being able to hold your child tight because if you did, their skin would blister or shear off.
•a child who will never know what it’s like to run, skip or jump, or to play games with other children because even the slightest physical contact will injure his or her skin.
•a child who screams out each time it is bathed because the water touching its open wounds creates incredible pain.
•a diet of only liquids or soft foods because blistering and scarring occur in the esophagus.
•an active baby with his knees soaked in blood from the normal act of crawling.
•a teenager with stumps for hands, the affected fingers scarred/healed together.

Easton will require extensive and expensive medical care and supplies his entire life. Many of his medical supplies are not covered by insurance. For example...the bandages alone that he will need to cover his blisters and protect his skin are as much as $10,000 a month and insurance only covers about $1,500 of those.

Easton has three older brothers, Logan, Carter, and Blake, and has two loving parents, Jared and Danielle. One cannot even begin to imagine what the parents must be going through. The shock of his diagnosis; the uncertainy of what his future holds; the heart wrenching pain and feeling of helplessness at seeing their newborn baby hurting and not being able to hold him, nurse him, comfort him, or take away his pain.
Easton's father works in a factory and doesn't make much over minimum wage. The factory he works at will be closing within a year and he will be without work unless he transfers with the company across the country from NY to OK. He is taking a week or two off to help his wife as they transition home and learn to care for baby Easton and their 3 other boys. His mom will not be able to work and her days will be dedicated to loving Easton and his 3 brothers, and the arduous and extensive care Easton's illness will require.

His parents need to concentrate on caring for their fragile baby. I pray we can help relieve some of this financial burden so their sweet boy can have the medical supplies he needs to help ease that pain and try to keep his blistering under control, healing, and uninfected as much as possible.

Please help us in raising money to help save Easton's life, to make Easton's days on this Earth as painless as possible, to help his parents enjoy the days they have with their baby without the worry of how they will pay for his care and medical supplies.

I can not stress this enough. EVERY dollar counts. No donation is too small. Please donate what you can and please forward this to everyone you know, post on Facebook, etc.

And lastly, please pray for Easton and his family. For healing. For comfort and peace, no matter what this journey brings.

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE in Easton's life. He desperately needs our help.

Thank you will never be enough for the love, support and generosity everybody has shown in coming together to help precious baby Easton. His parents are overwhelmed and beyond grateful...from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for taking this family into your hearts and prayers...God bless!

[Badman]

Wow... That poster is rare. I've never seen that image before. They look like an 80's boy band

[rock4adiference]

I love it! It's adorable! I don't know much about it the poster, except that it came directly from Chad Taylor's collection, so it's a great addition for any collector to have.

Another auction item is an autographed Candlebox drum head which will also be listed on the Easton Friedel page. I just wanted to add that aside from being amazing musicians, the members of both of these bands are all amazing human beings, always willing to help out a cause, a friend, etc.



Happy bidding!!

This post has been edited by rock4adiference: Oct 11 2012, 7:59 pm

[OutToDry]

thanks for posting this R!!!

[Lerxst]

I can not stress this enough. EVERY dollar counts. No donation is too small. Please donate what you can and please forward this to everyone you know, post on Facebook, etc.

I think that it's great that you are doing this. If you send me your address I will send you some rare Live Posters I have.. I think some of them are autographed if I remember. They are from the BoP European tour, one of a kind I don't think many people have it. I'll be happy to put them in a poster tube and send them your way.

thanks for being who you are, you're doing a good thing.
-Jimmy

[dangum]

Rare poster of Public Affection signed by all 4 members. If you want to bid on this rare piece of Live history, the fundraiser starts this Sunday and you can check here Support Baby Easton Friedel

Will this item be auctioned on eBay or will people need to submit their bids via Facebook?

Also, I don't know if you can answer this question but was this poster signed in recent years or back in the Public Affection days?

[blah blah]

HEY THERE! I am Cher I am doing the fundraiser through Facebook! here is the link to the auction site https://www.facebook.com/OnlineAuctionToSup...esearch?fref=ts

Bidding starts Sunday!! if you like the site on Facebook then you can bud by entering your email address and bid amt. then payments are made by paypal

If anyone else has anything they would like to donate my email address is chergrice@gmail.com

And yes it was signed way back in the day !

thanks to Renay in helping me out posting this here and getting chad taylor involved!
and thanks to Chad!!!

[blah blah]

HEY THERE! I am Cher I am doing the fundraiser through Facebook! here is the link to the auction site https://www.facebook.com/OnlineAuctionToSup...esearch?fref=ts

Bidding starts Sunday!! if you like the site on Facebook then you can bud by entering your email address and bid amt. then payments are made by paypal

If anyone else has anything they would like to donate my email address is chergrice@gmail.com

And yes it was signed way back in the day !

thanks to Renay in helping me out posting this here and getting chad taylor involved!
and thanks to Chad!!!

and I have no clue Why it shows my country as afghanistan ! guess i did not change it ?!

[mfitz804]

Wow... That poster is rare. I've never seen that image before. They look like an 80's boy band

Man, Ed is trying hard to look cool on that poster. I'm not sure it worked. Chad G. got the angry rock n' roll face right, though. Pat isn't paying attention. Chad T. looks like River Phoenix circa "Stand By Me", but with poofy hair.

Pretty sure I'd have passed on the band in that picture had I seen it.

[blah blah]

Man, Ed is trying hard to look cool on that poster. I'm not sure it worked. Chad G. got the angry rock n' roll face right, though. Pat isn't paying attention. Chad T. looks like River Phoenix circa "Stand By Me", but with poofy hair.

Pretty sure I'd have passed on the band in that picture had I seen it.

I agree! was just watching youtube footage from 1987! they were soooo young! i mean it was 25 yrs ago!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX-TpKvvwis

This post has been edited by blah blah: Oct 12 2012, 9:28 am

[rock4adiference]

I think that it's great that you are doing this. If you send me your address I will send you some rare Live Posters I have.. I think some of them are autographed if I remember. They are from the BoP European tour, one of a kind I don't think many people have it. I'll be happy to put them in a poster tube and send them your way.

thanks for being who you are, you're doing a good thing.
-Jimmy

Wow, thanks Jimmy, that's awesome! Cher posted above (Blah Blah) with more info. I'll PM you her address and email address. It would be great if you could email her a picture of what you are sending beforehand.

[rock4adiference]

I think that it's great that you are doing this. If you send me your address I will send you some rare Live Posters I have.. I think some of them are autographed if I remember. They are from the BoP European tour, one of a kind I don't think many people have it. I'll be happy to put them in a poster tube and send them your way.

thanks for being who you are, you're doing a good thing.
-Jimmy

I don't think my PM went thru to you, it's not showing up. Anyway, email Cher chergrice@gmail.com or me renayhorstman@gmail.com for her address. Appreciate your help!

Thanks again!!

[dangum]

and I have no clue Why it shows my country as afghanistan ! guess i did not change it ?!

You can change the Country value by:

1. Clicking on "My Controls"
2. Edit Profile Information

Re: submitting bids for the auction items. I don't have a Facebook account - do you accept bids via email? Will you be displaying the current highest bid?

[rock4adiference]

Re: submitting bids for the auction items. I don't have a Facebook account - do you accept bids via email? Will you be displaying the current highest bid?

You can email Cher at chergrice@gmail.com if you would like to bid on a certain item. She will keep you updated by email.

[rock4adiference]

BIDDING STARTING NOW!

Both items listed above have opening bids of $40.00. If you have a Facebook account bid here Online Auction or email Cher directly with your bid.

You can email Cher at chergrice@gmail.com if you would like to bid on a certain item. She will keep you updated by email.

GOOD LUCK!!!!