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Brooklyn Faris from City Leadership on Vimeo. With the cost of a transplant often exceeding $500,000, many transplant families are unable to shoulder the financial burden of such a procedure. The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) is a national charity dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-related expenses. In Memphis, volunteers are raising funds for COTA in honor of transplant patients like local girl, Brooklyn Faris. Brooklyn is the...
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FedEx flies girl in need of liver transplant to Chicago in midst of snowstorm - Today Show FedEx Flies Young Girl to Chicago Amid Winter Storm for Liver Transplant - NBC Chicago... Continue Reading »
***UPDATE MARCH 26, 2016***
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SHE'S HOME!!!!!!!!!! Remember how FedEx quietly whisked Brooklyn and her family away to Chicago in a massive snow storm when there was little hope-- getting her to the... Continue Reading »
***UPDATE MARCH 18, 2016***
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Brooklyn is now 4 weeks post transplant and 10 days post hospital livin’! She and her sweet parents are settled into the Ronald McDonald House for the coming... Continue Reading »
***UPDATE MARCH 1, 2016***
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Brooklyn's NG tube is out! Her Oxygen line--out. A few more IV lines--OUT. She is out of the ICU and now on a step down floor for a while... Continue Reading »
***UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 2016***
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Brooklyn is out of surgery and it was very successful! She still has a long road of healing in front of her, but today we celebrate that she... Continue Reading »
***UPDATE February 25, 2016 9:30am***
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Right this moment Brooklyn is being prepped for surgery! The surgeons anticipate she will be out of surgery by 6pm. The past 24 hours have been UNREAL. There are... Continue Reading »
**UPDATE** February 24, 2016 2:30PM
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It’s GO TIME everyone! The Faris family just received the call. THE CALL. There is a liver waiting for Brooklyn in Chicago today. Chicago is experiencing a blizzard so... Continue Reading »
**UPDATE** February 24, 2016 7:30PM
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Memphis is UNBELIEVABLE. FedEx is flying Brooklyn and her family to Chicago in THIRTY MINUTES on one of their planes FREE OF CHARGE.FedEx-- You have outdone yourself! Continue Reading »