With the cost of a transplant often exceeding $500,000, a partnership with the Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) will assist with a lifetime of transplant-related expenses. Please consider making a tax deductible donation to “COTA in honor of Dash”

Hi, I’m Dash, in July 2020 I received a kidney transplant less than two months before my second birthday.  A paired exchange was planned where my Dad donated a kidney to an unknown recipient and two days later I received a kidney from an altruistic donor.  

Although a kidney transplant is not a cure, it is the treatment that will best improve my health. I’ve begun and will continue taking expensive medications including anti-rejection/immuno-suppressant medications which I will continue throughout my lifetime. The life span of a transplanted organ varies and it is expected that this will not be my only transplant during my life. The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) is a national charity dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-related expenses. Volunteers in Utah are raising funds for COTA in honor of transplant patients like me.  

You can check here for updates on my progress and follow along as we navigate this medical journey.

The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) helps children and young adults who need a life-saving transplant by providing fundraising assistance and family support. COTA is the nation’s only fundraising organization solely dedicated to raising life-saving dollars in honor of transplant-needy children and young adults. 100% of each contribution made to COTA in honor of our patients helps meet transplant-related expenses. COTA’s services are free to our families, and gifts to COTA are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.