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What a Year

I can’t believe we haven’t shared an update since August! Time certainly has flown by these last several months… Today is a special day, because it marks one...

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Homecoming

JOEY IS HOME! On June 22nd, Joey was finally discharged from the hospital! In total, he spent roughly five months there. A very long, very hard five months,...

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Jinx

In my last post I made the mistake of putting into the universe that we were likely going to go home by the end May… I should have...

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Stepped Down

Joey has continued to improve, slowly but surely. The rise in his liver enzymes turned out to be due to mild organ rejection. He was treated with higher...

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A Third Chance at Life

I wanted to start by thanking everyone for your patience, I know it has been some time since I last posted an update. For a quick recap, when...

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Flashbacks

Gosh, it has been a crazy couple of weeks. Where to start… BLUF: Joey is still in the PICU, and remains critical with acute liver failure. Again. His...

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Back to the PICU

What we thought would be an exciting week back at home, took a turn on Monday night. Joey started re-accumulating fluid in his abdomen, at a rather rapid...

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Riding the Wednesday Wave

A moment of reflection Chris got a new car last October. He traded in his beamer for a Hybrid Honda Accord. If you know Chris, you know he loved...

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One Month Post-Transplant

I am so grateful for this platform to share updates with everyone, but it means so much more to me than that. Sharing Joey’s journey here helps me...

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A Whiplash Week

Just a quick recap to start: Joey was readmitted last Friday, the 9th, after his lab work from the previous day at clinic showed an elevation is his...

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Joseph (Joey) Moschella

Alexandria, VA

Transplant Type: Liver

Transplant Status: Transplanted

Goal: $80,000.00

Raised: $45,549 of $80,000 goal

Raised by 140 contributors