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Matteo (Matt) Giampoala has been fortunate to receive a lung transplant after battling pulmonary fibrosis for the for the last 5 years. The team at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania have given him excellent care before and after his surgeries. Now begins the long recovery process including intensive physical therapy and regular calibration of numerous medications. Matt needs our help to cope with those medical expenses not covered by his insurance.
Matt is a kind, generous, and humorous man who loves to laugh with his family. He grew up in Lyndhurst, NJ and worked as a manager for Sorrento for over 25 years. Matt is a loving husband, brother, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. After more than 30 years of marriage, Matt and Esther have six children, 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild. And there is one more grandchild and one more great-grandchild on the way! He can’t wait to hold these two new arrivals.
While organ transplants are life saving the costs can be overwhelming. Even with insurance, Matt is facing high expenses for rehabilitation, relocation for his wife Esther to help with his care and recovery and the enormously expensive anti-rejection medications he will need to take for the rest of his life.
To help with the financial burden of the uninsured expenses, a fundraising campaign has been established in honor of Matt Giampoala with Help Hope Live, a trusted nonprofit organization that has been providing community-based fundraising guidance to help patients and families in need for more than 30 years. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law and are held by Help Hope Live in the Mid-Atlantic Lung Transplant Fund in honor of Matt Giampoala. Donations are allocated by Help Hope Live based on financial need for medical expenses. Please consider making a donation today.
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Thank you all for your prayers, support and generosity.
With sincere gratitude,
The Giampoala Family
Taking out 1 chest tube today & possibly 1 neck IV - maybe out of ICU tomorrow
Docs say he is doing great
Matt received a single left lung - Dr. Says he is doing fine - waiting to see him
Thank You God for listening to everyone's prayers
Matt is currently in the O.R. getting his new lung - now the hard part starts - tons of anti rejection meds - therapy- please continue to pray for his speedy recovery- thank you everyone- I give thanks that we have such caring family and friends- I truly cannot thank you enough ❤️
Matt's breathing is getting harder and harder
Please pray he gets a lung soon
Matt is back at the hospital so he can be monitored more closely by his transplant team.
Hopefully this means he is getting closer to getting new lungs
If you pray, please pray for Joe's brother Matt, he had a lung transplant last Thursday and was doing great, today he had emergency surgery to remove fluid that accumulated around his heart and he is back in intensive care.
Thanks
Shirley Pettit Giampoala
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I wish you a speedy recovery. Stay strong.
Carol Dipoto
I will continue to pray for you and your fight
Lesley Pisko
The supportive force of the shire people you have touched by your presence will surround you
Ed and Dottie Oberle
Make checks payable to:
Help Hope Live
Note in memo:
In honor of Matt Giampoala
Mail to:
Help Hope Live
2 Radnor Corporate Center
Suite 100
100 Matsonford Road
Radnor, PA 19087
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