Fundraiser set for expenses for 2-year-old's fourth surgery

A family is back in Seattle to have another surgery for two-year-old Brandon Chase St. Marks Jr., who started having surgeries from the day he was born, and is holding a fundraiser in Havre to help with the ongoing expenses.

Brandon, son of Brandon Chase St. Marks Sr. and Brianna Gardipee, was a premature birth and also was born with gastroschisis, a condition where the baby’s intestines protrude through a hole in the abdomem.

He underwent two surgeries immediately, one in Great Falls and one in Seattle, and another when he was less than three months old.

His mother said he is doing we...