{"id":4128,"date":"2024-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyhouseinc.org\/article\/everardos-story\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T16:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T23:49:14","slug":"everardos-story","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/familyhouseinc.org\/tl\/article\/everardos-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Everardo’s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t $\"\"$ \n\nWhen Alejandrina gave birth to her son, Everardo, on July 18, 2018, she had no idea what the next six years would look like for her family. From the moment he was born, Everardo was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy – a rare hereditary genetic condition in which muscles throughout the body are weakened because nerve cells in the spinal cord and brainstem do not work properly. SMA is the number one genetic cause of infant mortality, and when Everardo was born, the doctors told his parents he\u2019d have less than two years to live.\n\nAt birth, Everardo was transferred from a hospital in Mexico, where the family lived, to UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospital. UCSF was administering the first treatment for SMA that was really improving the quality of life for infants born with the disease, and Everardo was entered into the clinical trial. Alejandrina and her husband Jesus took up permanent residence in his hospital room \u2013 until Jesus learned about Family House. At first, Alejandrina was hesitant to leave her son\u2019s side, but when Jesus told her that she\u2019d have a bed to sleep in and food to eat only a couple blocks from the hospital, she agreed.\n\n\u201cFamily House has been a blessing for our family during this time. The first night I stayed here in 2018, I took a shower and had a warm bed to sleep in, and I felt like the richest woman alive.\u201d\n\n\n\nEverardo is six years old now and isn\u2019t giving up anytime soon. The Cortes Avila family has been staying at Family House off and on, for six to seven months at a time since Everardo\u2019s birth, while he receives treatment at UCSF. In the next couple of months, he\u2019s going into an intensive back surgery procedure, and he\u2019ll need to get the same surgery every three months for a year after that. But with the love and support of his parents and his older sister Monica, anything is possible for him.\n\n\u201cEverardo woke up happy today. He loves music, loves to dance. The support that Family House provides feels like a home. When we came, we had nothing; no clothes, no food, nowhere to stay. Family House has given us everything and more.\u201d\n\n

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