Our Story
Our journey began well before we even knew we were on it. Dean was born with bilateral dysplastic kidneys, but it was missed during my many high-risk prenatal scans. Born at just 35 weeks, Dean’s health drastically declined over the first few weeks of life and we had no idea why. At only 3 weeks of age we took him to the emergency department where he was immediately stabilized...
Continue Reading »Dean Baker
Temecula, CA
Transplant Type: Kidney
Transplant Status: Transplanted
Goal: $75,000.00
Raised: $16,934 of $75,000 goal
Raised by 99 contributors
Updates
Meet the Baker Family 🤍
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Darrik: environmental engineer and greatest dad 👷♂️ Ashley: the all-time rockstar and hardest working mom ⭐️ Delilah: loves reading, coloring & playing outside 📖 Daxton: loves bugs, digging... Continue Reading »
Baby Dean’s Photo Gallery!
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Dean’s April Update
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Hello everyone! I thought I would pop in and update you all on Dean’s journey. Since our last post 2 months ago Dean is now able to sit... Continue Reading »
Baby Dean on TV!
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Throwback to when Baby Dean was on TV! We are so grateful for all of the support we have received and the medical family we have created 🤍 Continue Reading »
Big enough to start medical procedures
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Dean Baker has had kidney failure since he was born and is finally big enough to start medical procedures for kidney transplants which he’ll need throughout the course... Continue Reading »
Happy Easter! 💐 We hope you all had an amazing Easter with your loved ones🤍
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Happy Easter! 💐 We hope you all had an amazing Easter with your loved ones🤍 We just want to take a moment to say thank you from the... Continue Reading »
Hi my name is Dean and I am the cutest Kidney Disease Warrior you ever did see 🤗🤗
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Here is my fact of the day: More than 90,000 U.S. patients are waiting for kidney transplants, but only about 18,000 of those will get a kidney transplant... Continue Reading »
Kidney Walk to support our Baby Dean!
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National Kidney Foundation Kidney Walk to show love for our Baby Dean! 👟We made it into the top 5 fundraising team!!!🎉 Thank you to everyone who supported and... Continue Reading »