The fundraising goal has recently been updated per a conversation between Roya’s family and Rick Lofgren, COTA President & CEO. This letter below from Rick explains the recent...

Yesterday Roya was finally discharged from the hospital and unbelievably we had to come back to the ER at 2:30 AM today due to Roya experiencing appendicitis symptoms;...

Big stuff happened today. Roya was moved from the ICU to the step down unit, she took a real shower, and she got to go outside into the...

Roya’s been recovering from her transplant surgery with such perseverance and strength. Despite her ongoing struggles with nausea and high blood pressure she has been able to walk...

Yesterday we received the wonderful news that a new heart was on its way to Roya! By 10 am this morning she was out of heart transplant surgery...

Fifty three days so far here at Mayo. I never dreamed that we’d have this as a season of our lives (honestly I just couldn’t have imagined it)...