The fundraising goal has recently been updated per a conversation between\u00a0Evelyn\u2019s\u00a0family and Rick Lofgren, COTA President & CEO. This letter below from Rick explains the recent change:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greetings from COTA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I want to congratulate the COTA for Evelyn\u2019s Heart <\/em>volunteer team for raising funds for the campaign in honor of Evelyn!<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I set the campaign fundraising goals with each of our families, I suggest a goal to COTA patients that I believe is needed for any patient\u2019s long-term expenses and transplant-related costs, and the goal generally reflects the next four to five years of out-of-pocket costs. For example, most of our patients will have $5,000 to $10,000 in annual co-payments, deductibles, and medications, as well as additional costs for an in-patient stay, clinic visits and a similar amount for travel to the transplant center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In this case I spoke with Kelly this week and suggested that we raise the campaign goal in this case due to Evelyn\u2019s ongoing care for her transplant including medications. Because of this, I have changed the goal for the COTA for Evelyn\u2019s Heart <\/em>campaign to $150,000 to reflect what I believe will be actual costs going forward based on her ongoing transplant care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please know there are many factors in this and that I bear the responsibility of justifying this to anyone who asks, and am happy to do this as I believe that it is the right thing to do given Evelyn\u2019s age and pre-transplant status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you for all the work and support you have provided to this point, and please keep the Otto family in your prayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The fundraising goal has recently been updated per a conversation between\u00a0Evelyn\u2019s\u00a0family and Rick Lofgren, COTA President & CEO. This letter below from Rick explains the recent change:\u00a0 Greetings from COTA! I want to congratulate the COTA for Evelyn\u2019s Heart volunteer team for raising funds for the campaign in honor of Evelyn! When I set the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n