geeks with heart: what we’re doing here

Megan Croft, 15, was having a regular school day when she collapsed just after 7 a.m. on September 7th. Due to what was later deemed a major cardiac event, she was rushed to a local hospital. Once there it took roughly 20 minutes to recover a steady pulse, then another couple of hours to stabilize Meg enough for transport to a different facility over an hour away.

She’s remained there since, with her parents Nick and Susan spending every minute they can alongside her. The first two nights Meg’s folks slept on the floor of the hospital to be with their girl, who was perfectly healthy before this left-field event incapacitated her.

All of it was heartbreaking, but when I saw their accommodations it wrecked me.

“Folks please pray. My youngest daughter.”

Starting with those first agonizing minutes, Nick began what has morphed into a steady stream of tweets calling for prayer and calmly reporting out any developments in his daughter’s baffling health situation.

He and Susan have been remarkably clear-headed throughout despite their exhaustion and concern. From the outset of this, the Crofts haven’t asked for anything but prayer, either publicly or privately. They’re leaning heavily on their faith and the knowledge that people — all across the world at this point! — are praying with them for radical healing of Megan’s body. 

Along the way people came forward with offer after offer of help, asking what they could do to make this process easier on Susan, Nick, and their children at home. It became clear that some sort of assistance wrangling was necessary. A sudden family medical crisis firehoses you with information overload, exhaustion, and stress. There is so much to process that you can’t even begin to start cataloging the Whats and Hows of any needs, immediate or long-term.

This website came from a desire to field those offers and take as much of the load as possible off the Croft family so that they can just focus on attending Meg. With Susan and Nick’s consent and guidance, we set the wheels in motion to care for them while they care for their daughter.

“What now?”

Megan is currently hooked up to a bypass machine that removes stress from her heart so it can recover. There are all sorts of sideline issues that popped up, but there are also daily reports of small developments that give the Crofts and their community of well-wishers hope.

The situation changes day to day, so there will be updates to this space as Nick is able to share about them.

A final note

We welcome comments and encouragement here. The comment section is heavily moderated for now, so don’t panic if yours doesn’t show up right away. We’ll be clearing the queue twice per day, at around 8a and 8p CST. Nick and Susan will see every one, so please be gracious and supportive. Any mention of worldwide p*ndemics or v*ccines (for or against, we make no distinction) will result in the site admins flushing your comment. You get one chance to get it right: a second occurrence means the loss of commenting privileges altogether.

We love good ideas and insight from people who have faced similar radical health challenges. Please keep this kind of input upbeat, kind, and to a minimum. No heavy-handed doomspeak, y’all.

Just like the overall situation, this website will morph in the coming days. Hang in there with us while we make it as nimble and useful as we can. Drop us a comment if you find anything out of sorts and we’ll take a look.

Finally, we’re so thankful for the investment of your time and energy, for the love you’ve shown to Susan, Nick, and their kids, and for your constant encouragement of them. Amazing things will come of this brutal circumstance, we just know it.

They already have, not the least of which is the fact that you’re here. You care. Thank you.