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Going Home 4/28/26

Today is hospital discharge day! Woohoo! Thank the Lord! Several tests still aren’t back yet…and yes, she still has rejection based on her echo and biopsies; but, her...

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Partial Cath Results 4/25/26

Partial Cath Results  Praise the Lord Ela’s cath went smoothly and without complication yesterday as well as her port placement procedure. The cath showed that her heart pressures...

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Cath Day

Leslee was recently trying to count how many heart caths Ela has had since she's been born. We're not quite up to 20 but we're getting close. It...

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Overdue Update

Our apologies for our delay in writing you. We got much to share today! We are on week 3 of this particular hospital stay. You may or may...

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Ela Update 4/14/26

Ela handled her pheresis and bortezamib treatment well on Monday. Thank the Lord! No one knows exactly what caused her episode last Thursday during treatment. They just keep...

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Ela Rejection Treatment Update 4/10/26

Overall, Ela is in good spirits. Her blurry vision is gone (Praise the Lord!) and she continues plasmapheresis, bortezamib, and rituxinab treatments in attempt to get rid of...

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Roller Coaster Ride: 4/3/26 Update

Well…would you believe that plans have changed yet again? What was supposed to be a 3-4 day trip has now turned into a different treatment plan altogether with...

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Infusion #1: Update 2

4/2/26 The plan has once again changed. Ela went for a very thorough eye evaluation today to see if her eyes are ok and if the ophthalmology team...

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Infusion #1 Update 4/1/26

Quick update…. We are actually still at the hospital attempting to get this whole infusion done. She’s been admitted. Her body is only tolerating running this infusion at...

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First Dara Infusion Day 4/1/26

Please pray with me as Ela undergoes this first experimental infusion heart transplant rejection treatment—Daratumumab—for her ongoing antibody mediated rejection. She’s had this 2nd round of rejection since...

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Gabriela Yustiz

Martinsburg, WV

Transplant Type: Heart

Transplant Status: Transplanted

Goal: $50,000.00

Raised: $74,654 of $50,000 goal

Raised by 149 contributors