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Bump in the Road

Ethan has been making slow but steady progress from transplant until now. He has gotten to ride a grown up trike through the hallways, go for walks around...

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Today is the Day!!

Well, the long awaited transplant is upon us. Ethan is currently in the operating room.  I received a call yesterday at 1104 from our transplant coordinator. She asks...

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Transplant Complete!

Well, Ethan is out of surgery and in recovery. This was an exceptionally challenging transplant and one of the fastest surgeons were on the job. The surgery from...

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We continue to wait…

Hello friends and family, I am severly lacking in the blogging capabilities but when I explain how the year has started, you'll understand. The year began with the...

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Thoughts on donors

Do you ever think of the families of the donors? I do... and my heart breaks for them. Yes, they are helping save a life. It sounds so...

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Part 2

It made sense to us now, why we had chosen the name “Ethan Alexander" for him. You see, we picked his name a couple of months prior to...

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Ethan’s Story Part 1

Jaime is going to be telling Ethan's story here from the beginning.  Here is Part 1: I turned around and there was my son, joyfully, gently, and affectionately...

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Denver Bound

Ethan and Jaime are gearing up to head to Denver at the end of this month.  Jaime has been allowed to finish up her nursing school clinical early...

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Ethan Bankston

Las Cruces, NM

Transplant Type: Heart

Transplant Status: Transplanted

Goal: $75,000.00

Raised: $49,046 of $75,000 goal

Raised by 164 contributors