Our Story

December 12, 2021 is a day our family will never forget. I brought our six-year-old daughter Ariana to the ER due to suspicious bruising around her umbilicus and pain in her right side. We were admitted into the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital after an x-ray revealed a suspicious mass in her liver. By December 17, Ariana was diagnosed with stage 4 Hepatoblastoma, which is a rare liver...

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Ariana Feltes

Wellman, IA

Transplant Type: Liver

Transplant Status: Transplanted

Goal: $50,000.00

Raised: $12,228 of $50,000 goal

Raised by 53 contributors

Updates

Ariana’s journey through Stage IV Hepatoblastoma

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Team Ariana – COTA 2022

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Ari and her siblings helped design these shirts! Proceeds will go to Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) in honor of Warrior Ariana to assist with a lifetime of... Continue Reading »

The Ariana Necklace

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A very kind and generous friend and owner of Wells Cooperative created a necklace from an idea that Ariana came up with. A rainbow simply beautiful. They are... Continue Reading »

Transplant Day!!!

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After 1 cancelled surgery due to fever and 1 back up for a liver that didn't happen, Ariana got the call after 30 days on the list. It... Continue Reading »