Week of transplant: April 13-18 We’re running a marathon on an uncharted course and it is full of hills. The ups and downs of recovery are expected, yet...
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Kya Status Update 2 – Recovery Road
Update from the Ham's on day 1It has been a day with ups and downs. The medical team is addressing an antibiotic-resistant bacteria, while her new heart continues...
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Kya's transplant surgery is complete. All good so far. We are waiting to see her although she won't be awake for several hours. Doctors said to expect a...
Continue Reading »Kya has been offered a heart!
Our girl has been offered a heart. It’s hard to put language around something this sacred. We are overwhelmed with relief and gratitude, and at the very same...
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We want to emphasize how acutely aware we are that while our pleas and prayers may be answered, it will be at the expense of another family’s deepest...
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Medical Update from Mom (Angelia) Hurry Up and Wait Kya and I (Angelia) recently spent four days at Vanderbilt for heart transplant evaluation. Like Eli’s, it involved about a dozen...
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Ever feel like you’ve been shaken up and tossed out? You know that feeling when you step off a Tilt-A-Whirl ride at the fair - disoriented, a little...
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She was napping and woke briefly to reach for my hand Each week or month that passes from the previous blog entry, I tell myself I should post...
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Visit with Great Grandma - 99 years old! Hello, dear family and friends! As I sit here reflecting, I’m struck by how far and wide you all are...
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Q: What are your first memories of the impact of being diagnosed with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)? I remember realizing “I can’t do ‘the things’, my passions.”...
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Birmingham, AL
Transplant Type: Heart
Transplant Status: Transplanted
Goal: $150,000.00
Raised: $55,314 of $150,000 goal
Raised by 136 contributors