Our Story
With the cost of a transplant often exceeding $500,000, many transplant families are unable to shoulder the financial burden of such a procedure. The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) is a national charity dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-related expenses. In Wharton County and surrounding areas, volunteers are raising funds for COTA in honor of transplant patients like local infant, Ashton Guerra. Shayna & Johnny...
Continue Reading »Ashton Guerra
Richmond, TX
Transplant Type: Liver
Transplant Status: Transplanted
Goal: $75,000.00
Raised: $25,314 of $75,000 goal
Raised by 46 contributors
Updates
April 6, 2018 – Most Recent Checkup
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Labs are finally in, with the exception of Vitamin A, labs are stable and conjugated bilirubin is at 0 which is perfect! Ashton's platelets are a little low again,... Continue Reading »
2/14/2018 Appointment
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Ashton was sharing his loud and weird "love" today at TCH. He loves the play area Continue Reading »
How We Got Here
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Ashton’s Battle with Biliary Atresia & Beyond This is a timeline of events (told by Ashton's mom, Shayna) to give you a little insight on Ashton and his... Continue Reading »
2/5/2018- Operation No Bottle Update #2
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**Operation No Bottle Update** Ashton finally gave in and drank his Peptamen from a sippy spout on his bottle! I tried to give it to him in a... Continue Reading »
2/3/2018 Operation No Bottle Update
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I asked if Ashton was fed up with Operation No Bottle... his face and the 8 ball confirm, he is indeed over it. He has been extra cranky,... Continue Reading »
1/31/2018 Appointment
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Ashton had his 2 year old checkup with his regular pediatrician yesterday Continue Reading »
1/03/2018 Appointment
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Ashton had another check-up and labs done today. We are also adding routine ultrasounds in 2018 so that was done today as well. Here is what we know... Continue Reading »
Media Coverage
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Because of BA he is 1 in 20,000, but to us he is 1 in a Million! Click on the link below to see Ashton and Dr. Harpavat... Continue Reading »
BA Aware
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Biliary Atresia Awareness What is biliary atresia? Biliary atresia is a life-threatening condition in infants in which the bile ducts inside or outside the liver do not have... Continue Reading »