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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 Battle Ground, volunteers are raising funds for COTA in honor of transplant patients like local teen, Kaylin. Kaylin is the daughter of Amy and...
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Finally- an update!
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Great news! It's been a roller coaster ride the past couple years. Kaylin has been a trooper. She has been plugging along with school and horseback riding, plus... Continue Reading »
Past Fundraisers
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June 3, 2017 Join us for the annual Fire District 3 (17718 NE 159th St., Brush Prairie, WA) open house and all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast during Hockinson Fun Days!... Continue Reading »
How You Can Help
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If you could help make a miracle, would you? The question is as simple as that. If your answer is ‘yes', I invite you to join the nearly... Continue Reading »
Dine/Dance/Donate Event Huge Success!
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Submitted to Facebook by Amy on March 21, 2017 Our March 11 Dine/Dance/Donate event was a huge success. Here are a few pics (thank you Melissa Young!). We appreciate... Continue Reading »
VW Beetle Raffle
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One Step Closer to Being a Donor
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Posted by Amy on Facebook 3/6/2017 It's been a few weeks since the last tests were sent off to University of Washington Medical Center, and in all honesty...I... Continue Reading »
Recent Lab Results
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Originally posted by Amy on Facebook 3/2/2017 Typical day at the nephrologist lol. Lab results were great! Her creatinine is on an upward trend, which is expected.... but... Continue Reading »
Big Life Changes, Brave Girl
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https://www.facebook.com/COTAforTeamKaylinC/videos/1413279368703648/ Being a 13-year-old girl is a challenge already (at least that is how I remember it), but having your world suddenly turned upside down by a life... Continue Reading »
Kaylin’s Diagnosis
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Many people ask how this started or how we realized something was wrong. Kaylin was a seemingly healthy 13-year-old. About a year ago, we started to notice that... Continue Reading »