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The Road to Recovery

To say these last few days have been difficult would be an understatement. We have been through heart surgeries and recoveries before, but this is a whole new...

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post surgery day 3

Warning: there is a fully covered but intubated photo of Jacob at the end of the post. It has been a hard couple of days but Jake is...

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24 hour post surgery update

As you may already know, towards the end of the surgery on Sunday, Jake’s blood pressure became less stable. The surgeon gave him several hours to recover, hoping...

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Surgery update 2:55 pm

Jake is doing amazing in surgery. His vitals are steady. The team was able to successfully repair his arch, and his native organs have now been removed. His...

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Surgery has started

Jake's transplant surgery has begun.They took him back a little before 4:00 AM this morning.He was smiling and even sent us a thumbs-up photo right before going to...

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Answered Prayers

With emotions too big to describe, we wanted to share the most incredible news: Jacob has a match for his new heart and liver!Hiss transplant surgery is scheduled...

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New Normal, for now

Wednesday was an emotional day. It feels like we've said that a lot on this journey, but it was especially hard.We moved Jacob down to St. Louis. He...

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Lifted up

It's rare for me to be speechless, but right now, we are just completely overwhelmed and in awe. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. To everyone...

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A new plan

We got the call from St Louis that I think we all feared was coming. During Jacob's procedure last week, his team found that the pressures in his...

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PT and so much more

Just wanted to share a quick progress update on Jake. He’s continuing to recover and was able to return to PT today.He's still dealing with some soreness from...

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Jacob Smith

Peoria, IL

Transplant Type: Heart & Liver

Transplant Status: Transplanted

Goal: $75,000.00

Raised: $100,016 of $75,000 goal

Raised by 140 contributors