Welcome to the Microtia support site! This site was constructed by parents of Amisha, a child who was born with Microtia in 2003. The information on Microtia at the time was limited to how to reconstruct the outer appearance of the ear but offered no other information as they assumed your medical professional knew EVERYTHING else about it. There was much more information that needed to be relayed to parents about their child born with Microtia. As parents living in a smaller town, we found it annoying that we could only get information slowly, mostly from other parents, and usually when they started affecting our own child. That is when we decided to start this site. That being said, please use this as a reference only. Neither of us are medical professionals nor claim to be. The information posted on this site was gathered through multiple sources and all 100% apply to our child or was part of her struggles when she was younger.
Here you can find all the information we needed to know about Microtia. What to expect now, later on, and how to deal with your child's issues. These issues deal with impaired hearing, various internal medical issues, social conditions, and feeling of frustration for the lack of things a parent or loved one can do.
As Amisha grew and the constant medical trips started grinding down on her family financially we added some fundraising links as well. Her next surgery will cost approx $10,000 and has to be paid before the surgery will happen. Local fundraising only goes so far in a smaller town, especially when spread over many years. We are forced to ask for any assistance that anyone can give to help us meet our goal for this surgery. Every dollar counts and it all adds up in the end. There is a trust fund open at Innovation Credit Union called The Amisha Hockridge Medical Trust Fund and there are three ways to donate. The first is sending a cheque or money order that can be cashable in Canada to The Amisha Hockridge Medical Trust Fund (address below).
The second way is using Interac's e-Transfer to send money to mhockridge@sasktel.net. Our bank does not allow autodeposit so a question of What was Amisha born with and answer of Microtia would be appreciated.
The third way is the convenient PayPal link below. You can use it to donate via your PayPal account or a credit card securely. PayPal does take a percentage of the donation and 100% of the remaining donation go towards Amisha’s medical expenses.
The Amisha Hockridge Medical Trust Fund
270 Lister-Kaye Cres
Swift Current, SK
S9H 4J7
CANADA