COTA for Team Asher

Our Story

Meet our heart warrior Asher. He is a smiley, happy, easy-going boy with dark brown hair, just like his dad. He likes being sung to, held tightly, and being around people. Other fun facts about Asher are that he has a twin sister and a four year old sister.

Asher was born in May 2018 with a number of heart defects. His greater arteries were switched, he had a very large hole, he only had three chambers, he had a narrow aortic arch, a leaky pulmonary valve, and narrowing in places. He had two surgeries performed in the first three weeks of life which kept him alive, but it was decided at six weeks old that he would need a heart transplant.

He came home for the first time at seven weeks old. He was home for five weeks when we got the phone call that he had a match! Everything went so smoothly and quickly and he was back home with us just ten days later. He has been doing so well with his new heart, for which we’re eternally grateful. We now get to enjoy more time with our little boy.

Now that he’s been transplanted, he will have lifelong doctor’s visits, procedures, and medications. We’ve partnered with the Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) to raise funds in honor of Asher to assist with transplant-related expenses. Thank you for your love and support of our son and family.

The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) helps children and young adults who need a life-saving transplant by providing fundraising assistance and family support. COTA is the nation’s only fundraising organization solely dedicated to raising life-saving dollars in honor of transplant-needy children and young adults. 100% of each contribution made to COTA in honor of our patients helps meet transplant-related expenses. COTA’s services are free to our families, and gifts to COTA are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.