COTA for Zoe's Journey

Our Story

My name is Zoe, and I live with a rare medical condition, called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. It is a birth defect that affects normal blood flow through the heart. The left side of the heart does not form, and because of that it does not beat correctly. My biological mother was told that I would die at birth, and that if I did survive I would not live to...

Zoe Norman

Eugene, OR

Transplant Type: Heart

Transplant Status: Transplanted

Goal: $50,000.00

Raised: $625 of $50,000 goal

Raised by 6 contributors

Updates

Zoe

Posted October 28, 2019

Powerful Healing

Posted August 30, 2019

The careful attention of the medical team at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital reflects in each text that Tom sent out. Zoe’s strength of spirit shows as well. Aug... Continue Reading »

Waking from a Deep Sleep and Resetting Bedtime

Posted August 28, 2019

Determination should be Zoe’s middle name. As the doctors woke her for the first time, Zoe as a bit more aggressive than she had been for her previous... Continue Reading »

The First Full Day with Her Whole heart

Posted August 27, 2019

Zoe’s foster father would periodically send out text messages to Zoe’s friends, family, and her many State appointed representatives. Aug 27 1pm Hello, last night late we... Continue Reading »

7:45 AM

Posted August 26, 2019

The family sent each other texts throughout the process. Veronica will slowly be posting some of them here on this blog. One of the first updates sent out... Continue Reading »

Surgery Day: or Hurry up and Wait

Posted August 26, 2019

After the hurrying to get Zoe down to California, the Zorn family is now split between or Oregon and Palo Alto. Here are the text updates from Surgery... Continue Reading »

Leaving on a Jet Plane!

Posted August 25, 2019

Zoe got the call that she was matched with a donor this morning at 9:30. After hours of calls between her foster family, DHS, her insurance, and the... Continue Reading »

Quick flight then a long wait