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Our son Declan was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic heart condition, as an infant.  The disease progressed over the years to the point where he needed open-heart surgery in the summer of 2025, when he was 6 years old.  We traveled to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota from our home in Los Angeles for his surgery, which was on July 2nd<\/sup>, expecting to stay for two weeks.  The surgery itself went well, but there were complications in the hours following, resulting in a total of 4 surgeries in the first week.  He is now confined to the hospital on an ECMO (life support) machine to support his heart while he awaits a heart transplant here in Minnesota, so far from our home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are working with the Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) to raise funds for current and future transplant-related expenses in honor of Declan and children like him.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

COTA helps children and young adults who need a life-saving transplant by providing fundraising assistance and family support. COTA is the nation\u2019s 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\u2019s services are free to our families, and gifts to COTA are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan and Kelly Quiller<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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