After 20 long days, Evelyn finally had her breathing tube removed today. Tears of joy flowed as we watched her reach this huge milestone. She still has a...
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A hug, a little attitude, and a lot of hope
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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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North Branch, MN
Transplant Type: Heart
Transplant Status: Waiting for Transplant
Goal: $150,000.00
Raised: $142,761 of $150,000 goal
Raised by 227 contributors
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