Account set up to help local couple

BY BRAD & KRISTY VINES
A GoFundMe account
has been set up
for Leslie and Zack
Winton – who are currently
expecting their
second little girl – Mylie
Alice. Their daughter
Adyson is 3-year- old.
Leslie is currently 24
weeks pregnant and
has been put on indefinite
bed rest until baby
Mylie arrives. She has
been diagnosed with
placental abruption
with a blood clot that
has formed behind the
placenta.
Placental abruption
is a serious complication
of pregnancy. The
placenta is a structure
that develops in the
uterus during pregnancy
to nourish the
growing baby. If the
placenta peels away
from the inner wall of
the uterus before delivery
— either partially
or completely — it’s
known as placental
abruption and can
deprive the baby of oxygen
and nutrients and
cause heavy bleeding
in the mother. Placental
abruption often
happens suddenly. Left
untreated, placental
abruption puts both
mother and baby in
jeopardy.
Leslie was admitted
to St. Michael’s in
Texarkana on Dec. 30.
She was sent by ambulance
the next day to
UAMS where she was
told that she would be
on bedrest unable to go
home until Baby Mylie
arrived. Leslie has
been released to stay
in a hotel beside UAMS
and will continue to be
monitored daily by the
staff. This is definitely
going to put a financial
strain on their family.
Not only are medical
bills piling up, but now
their unexpected hotel
fees and the day-today
bills back home are
growing as well.
Leslie and Zack
both work full-time.
Leslie volunteers
every Wednesday to
help with a Christian
based mentoring
program in Nashville
called BBASIC where
38 teenagers mentor
grade school students.
She and Zack have
generously supported
mission trips our youth
have taken to Guatemala
for the past
four years, as well as
sponsoring children
with back to school
supplies, clothes, and
Christmas gifts. Visit
GoFundMe for more
information about
donating.