Joey was discharged on his 5 month birthday, Tuesday, the 6th of February! It was a chaotic, stressful, all-day affair getting him out of the hospital, but we...
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Gearing Up to Go Home
This weekend has been great for Joey! He had some physical therapy on Friday morning, where he had fun standing and bouncing on his feet, and was even...
Continue Reading »How We Got Here…
Things progressed so quickly once we were admitted to Georgetown, I realized that I never really mentioned how we ended up here. I'll start from the beginning of...
Continue Reading »Post Op (Part 3)
Joey was finally closed up yesterday! Wahoo!!! Certain parts of his intestines were a little flared up, so they did some minimal stitching within there to keep things...
Continue Reading »Rest and Recuperation
Joey was successfully extubated on Friday! Along with his breathing tube, they also removed the central line in his neck (which was essentially used as a dialysis catheter...
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Joey's second surgery was this morning and overall it went well. I've learned a lot about the liver, but am still no expert, so bare with me while...
Continue Reading »Post Op (Part 1)
When Joey was brought back upstairs around 8:30 in the morning, we were only able to see him briefly, as they asked us to leave the room for...
Continue Reading »Operation Transplant
Wow. The last 48ish hours have been wild. On Monday morning, we were informed of a potential donor match. It wasn't until several hours later that we were...
Continue Reading »We Have a Match
We were informed this morning of a potential organ match for Joey, which we decided to accept this evening. It was a decision we didn’t make lightly, but...
Continue Reading »We Couldn’t Do This Without You
The amount of love that has surrounded us during this time is truly incredible. Chris and I are immensely grateful for the kindness and generosity that everyone has...
Continue Reading »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