A few new updates on Evelyn. Yesterday, Evelyn developed another GI bleed and passed a significant amount of blood. It's caused her quite a bit of pain, and...
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The last couple of days, the team and Evelyn have been working hard to remove excess fluid from Evelyn's lungs and give the swelling and inflammation time to...
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The last 24 hours with Evelyn have been incredibly heavy and scary. Last night the team discovered there was a kink/narrowing issue involving her breathing tube and airway...
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They tried to extubate her on Sunday. After Evelyn was extubated, she was unfortunately too weak to maintain her breathing on her own. CPAP and BiPAP were not...
Continue Reading »Today we got a piece of our girl back
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Earlier in the day, Evelyn was about to get her tube out. The team had been slowly weaning support and watching to see how she tolerated everything through...
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No new updates tonight, Evelyn is still intubated, but we are continuing to make progress toward extubation. It was noted in her chart this afternoon that if her...
Continue Reading »We have a PHD in Evelyn- Advocating Matters
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Today was not part of the original plan, but I want to share an update on Evelyn and also explain what happened in a way that makes sense....
Continue Reading »Hope for Extubation Tomorrow
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Though Evelyn is doing great, we are going to wait until tomorrow morning to try and extubate her. Today the team wanted to see how the function of...
Continue Reading »Heart journeys are a marathon, not a race
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Evelyn was unfortunately not able to get her breathing tube taken out today. Her right heart function has decreased some, so the team is going to focus on...
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This afternoon Evelyn had a very scary episode where her oxygen saturation levels suddenly dropped very low without warning, o2 into the 40's. The team responded immediately, called...
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North Branch, MN
Transplant Type: Heart
Transplant Status: Waiting for Transplant
Goal: $150,000.00
Raised: $141,540 of $150,000 goal
Raised by 225 contributors
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