Help Hope Live for Alex Stone

Alex is a 33-year-old newlywed from the NE Ohio area. On April 10, 2024, he went in for what was expected to be a routine hernia surgery. To Alex’s family’s horror, the surgery was far from routine. As it turns out, there was no hernia, but rather fluid buildup from undiagnosed congestive heart failure. Immediately after the halted procedure, Alex was rushed downtown to the cardiac ICU. After numerous tests and what felt like an eternity, the doctors advised that Alex’s only option was a heart transplant. To prepare Alex’s body for a transplant, the doctors were striving for his heart functions and pressure numbers to fall within a specific range. Even with plenty of rest and time, his numbers were not falling where the doctors would like them to be, this resulted in countless IV drips, oral medications, heart catheters, blood tests, ultrasounds, X-rays, and much more. Over time the seemingly ever-changing medications started to take a toll on his kidneys and the doctors started to become concerned about their function. This resulted in the difficult decision to implant a BiVAD on May 7th, 2024. The implantation of this device was no small feat, it required full open-heart surgery and an extremely tough recovery. Now Alex is at the point of waiting until a heart becomes available, and he will not be able to return home and must stay a patient in the Cardio Thoracic ICU.

Alex has never met a stranger. He is a people person, and his bright and positive personality has an impact on almost everyone he interacts with. Alex has quickly become a light on the cardiac floor and has formed close relationships with other patients and staff.

Since receiving this unexpected diagnosis, Alex has struggled with trying to maintain a sense of normalcy, due to his entire life being uprooted. Before this diagnosis, Alex planned to spend the Spring and Summer racing and fixing up his Corvette and Firebird. His love of racing even figured into his career choice for the last 8 years, at Summit Racing Once recovered he wants to race for transplant awareness. .

Alex is fundraising to cover the astronomical cost of his hospital stay, his many tests and procedures, his medications, and life-saving surgery. Because the medical costs will only be partially covered by insurance, he and his new wife, Christina, will be burdened with enormous debt for the foreseeable future. Please donate to Help Hope Live in Alex’s name and ask your friends and family to give also. Thank you for your consideration.

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Family and friends of Alex Stone are raising money for the nonprofit Help Hope Live to fund uninsured medical expenses associated with transplantation.

Alex has chosen to fundraise for Help Hope Live in part because Help Hope Live assures fiscal accountability of funds raised and tax deductibility for contributors. Contributors can be sure donations will be used to pay or reimburse medical and related expenses. To make a tax-deductible donation to this fundraising campaign, click on the Give button.

For more information, please contact Help Hope Live at 800.642.8399.

Thank you for your support!