Ela had some post-op excessive bleeding complications shortly after they took her to the CICU from the operating room. The surgeon had to re-open her chest, spend quite...

After 521 days of waiting for that perfect heart match for Ela, we got the call around 3:30 AM on September 6 that her new heart was in!...

Around 8:30 tonight the anesthesia team arrived to give Ela her first dose of sedatives. Once laying in bed and very relaxed, Leslee, Josiah, and I went as...

The team has accepted a heart for Ela. As long as the heart passes all the checks, transplant surgery will be tonight sometime. Please pray this is truly...

Psalm 102:25-27 “Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you will remain; they...

Ela has been listed for transplant 481 days now. Every day, I pray and beg for a good heart for our girl while in the same breath praying...

Psalm 124:1–3 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side— let Israel now say— if it had not been the LORD who was on...

Psalm 119:75 I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. On the drive back to Martinsburg from Philly, I...

Psalm 139:5- You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Thank you all for your many prayers, words of encouragement, and support as...