(Martins Ferry) Times Leader / Gage Vota Bentley Barker, 13, Moristown’s local junior high school student in Belmont, is allowed to travel to New Orleans Super Bowl Lix by makeup a wish foundation. Ta. Bentley, a twin brother, was born on July 11, 2011 with a flaw of congenital heart and suffered from multiple health problems and has been undergoing many heart surgery for many years.
For Bentley Barker, a local junior high school student in the union, his lifetime wishes will be fulfilled.
His life battle between Bentley’s love for soccer and a congenital heart has led to his desire to go to New Orleans Super Bowl Lix. Bentley was originally said that his wish would be granted next year, but it changed on January 23, and it changed when the Bethesda Barker family gathered at the West Texas Road House in the St. Creators Building. The family told Bentley that he had met for his brother’s Caden’s birthday celebration, but Bentley was a surprise for his lifetime.
When Bentley arrived at the restaurant, he was given a huge box saying, “You are invited.” When he opened it, the snowstorm spilled, covered the table, and revealed a large cardboard ticket.
Bentley, brother Pakston and Kayden. Their father, Chad Barker. And all of her mother, Chelsea Barker, flies to New Orleans and participates in various activities leading to big games. After that, on Sunday, Bentley and Chelsea can go to the Super Bowl.
“We go there for five days, and what NFL is doing for us (week) will be (week) as a whole (week),” Chelsea said.
Bentley has suffered from health concerns since his birth. On July 11, 2011, Chelsea Barker gave birth to twin Bentley and Pakston, and Pakston first arrived. Bentley was rushed to a nursery because of the lack of oxygen, following a few seconds after arriving.
“He was born in the C section and came out blue. He was not aware that he had a congenital heart defect,” Chelsea recalls. “He was born at a wheeling hospital, and was coded several times there, and they finally stabilized him for the lifesaving flight to Pittsburgh. After he was there, they were there. I noticed that he was born by a great artery. ”
According to Mei York Linic, a great conversion of a great artery is a serious and rare heart problem in which two major arteries that leave the heart are reversed. This state exists at birth. In other words, congenital heart disorder.
Chelsea stated that after Pittsburg Pediatric Hospital discovered this state, Bentley was placed in the outline oxygen for about eight days and could be stable enough for heart surgery. The surgery has switched to the lungs and aortic blood vessels in just two weeks. He was able to go home a month after the surgery.
Chelsea said he noticed that he had not used the right side in four months when Bentley started sitting.
“I noticed that he hadn’t used the right at all. I put small toys there and he would clearly reach his left,” she said.
She scheduled several CT scans and MRI, and Bentley led to the discovery that he had had anaerobic brain injury since he stopped for 25 minutes during his birth.
“He was the longest to arrest for cardiac arrest, but he had a few times due to brain damage, so he caused a stroke and later caused epileptic. Ta, “said Chelsea.
She added that Bentley had been professional and physiotherapy for epilepsy since he began to have seizures six months old. Following the seizure, he had an episode that loses consciousness and urged Chelsea to take him to several heart specialists. The external heart surveillance they used for him could not detect why he died.
“We did it for many years … (before the doctor), implanted the monitor and showed his heart in random within a few weeks,” she said. “Because it was in 2023, he returned to Pittsburgh, and they didn’t know why he had a coronary artery, so he decided to put in a pacemaker. They take it with medicine. I tried to treat it, but it didn’t really do anything, so they didn’t know why they would hinder them, so when they decided to go on a pacemaker. The pacemaker will kick in. ”
Bentley won the first pacemaker in January 2023. 6-8 months later, Bentley exercised and came to Chelsea and showed that his right arm was blue.
“Because he was left -handed, he planted a pacemaker on the right side. He has a hemiplegia on the right for stroke, so it took a few months, but his pacravian was his subclavian. Chelsea said in a completely blockade that he had a large thrombus on his pacemaker, “said Chelsea.
The doctor found a blood clot after the ultrasound. This discovery led to multiple dangerous surgery. Later, the doctor replaced the pacemaker with a new one that was directly embedded in the heart, rather than connecting the pacemaker to the veins like most pacemakers.
“I put a battery pack on my belly so that I can replace the battery. They last for about 15 years,” said Chelsea. “It was a big recovery for him. He didn’t want to get out of the bed, felt a lot of pain, and he had high pain tolerance for everything he had experienced since he was born. Masu.”
With the expectation of getting up and moving, Chelsea said that he had braided him with a Pittsburg Stillers ticket. And now the family is heading to the Super Bowl.
Bentley stated that he is most looking forward to the NFL Honor Red Carpet Awards, sponsored by musicians and personalities noopdogs, in addition to the match between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Grus.
The family also receives a private stadium tour with other children who traveled from Make-A-Wish. They will have the opportunity to meet both players on the super bowl experience.
According to the NFL website, “Super Bowl Experience includes interactive games, star players, photos of Super Bowlling and Bin Ron Valditrofie, and NFL shops presented by Visa. This is all. The ultimate Super Bowl Week event for the age group.
Chelsea has added that while her and Bentley are in the Super Bowl, NFL and makeup a wish will provide an area for the entire family who are not attending the game to hold a watch party.
Bentley has a great start in his life, but he is very passionate about sports and wears basketball at a union local junior high school. He said that soccer was his favorite sport, but he was not allowed to play for his illness.
