September 21, 2025
Im feeling blessed scared excited i know this is going to be the hardest thing im gona have to go through physically and mentally im gona get through this, it's faster then I expected I believe everything happens for a reason it's hard to know that a beautiful life was taken away from people that loved n needed them. Then for it to go you and live your life for the people who you love, take care of and need you it's something sad but beautiful some how faith just happens I pray for everyone in this situation and other it's a hard thing to process. Life is precious
September 16, 2025
Today has been a long time coming im excited Day 1 so far good im sure it will be the easiest very tiered and curious where we go from here
September 14, 2025
For every ending there's a beginning
September 13, 2025
Today ready or not im heading to stanford California hospital it will take me 2 days to get up there. I will be admitted on Monday afternoon. My most recent labs didn't come out good so they are concerned. It just seems like it's all going fast which is nice but dont get me wrong. it's heart breaking to know that I have to leave people I love the most in arizona. My anxiety is extreme. I had to leave my daughter and my niece because they have school and she's a sophomore so i dont want her missing out on anything, I know i did becauseof my heart problems. I want her have the whole high school experience. We never are really been apart other then a day or two since she was born and now I have to leave her for 6moths or more. It's a mix of emotions im exhausted mentally and physically. Im just one more step to a better life got to keep positive
September 6, 2025
Hey everyone i want to thank you all who have donated. I got the call from California all my clearances went through. I will be leaving Arizona on Friday September 13th. It's a long drive to stanford California about a 13 hours drive. I will be admitted into the stanford hospital on Monday September 15. My mom will be staying with me in hospital till she has enough money to find a place. I had blood work done it's showed that my feritin leaves where extremely high at 500 but it's because my liver is not filtering it. I've also been getting episodes (palpitations) that make me nervous but they do stop thankfully but I know my body it can't go any longer and I know im getting tiered so it's time. Im sad and happy mixed emotions. I hate that I have to leave a big part of my family in arizona for them to hold down the (fort) my daughter and nieces and family will be visiting me when they can, as a mom it's very emotional and mentally upsetting for me. I'm staying positive my sister tells me "you miss these holiday's this once but at least you'll be there for many more " and she's rite im gona get through this! Im a fighter. One day at a time.https://www.gvnews.com/news/local/sahuarita-mom-okd-for-liver-heart-transplant/article_f7c8e8c4-8a3e-4d1f-b020-dd0a455add77.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR65Lr0Ac8qTzP-EDVYXior6I0joeKOYrYFIGy9QbIWIQJfedFeZphxLgu4XBg_aem_jBpAS1Qfu40usm9KilC5YQ/?utm_medium=internal&utm_source=readerShare&utm_campaign=ShareButton
September 3, 2025
My name is Yvette Stephenson. I'm a 37 year old mom and I honestly can't believe I even made it this far in my life. At 1 day old I had started my Journey of beating the odds. I was born with tricuspid atresia which meant I was missing a valve that didn't grow so my heart wasn"t working. At three years old I was having my first open heart surgery Fontan. They did it in two seperate occasions. Each one gave me more hope at a longer life then expected. I was told growing up my heart would get weaker and I wouldn't make it pass ten years old. By the grace of God and help from amazing Doctors and many surgeries, Heart caths, testing and many doctors appointments. I made it through my teen years, and graduated. As I started to become an adult at 21 I started to become more weak got more episodes (heart palpitations) and began to end up in the hospital more times then I could count. In 2012 I got my first pacemaker, coils and ablations on what was supposed to be a routine heart cath I came out with some extra parts. I am very greatful for all that has been done. I was able to live and adopted a daughter and start a family. But recently in my early 30's I began to get weaker and my heart as well was getting tired. I had to get my 2nd pacemaker put in and more ablation, coils, and stents. Up To about 3 years ago it got progressively worse i had to be put on oxygen, because it was just to much on my heart. My liver was being effected i have stage 4 of liver cirrhosis from a heart valve connected to it. My limitations in what i could do got worse. My options are beginning to run out. My whole life I fought to be here one more day one more second. I've coded, been shocked, been so bad to where the hospital wasn't even sure how to stop my heart rate from beating 200. Last year my wonderful cardiologist made clear to me it was no more just talk about if I needed a heart transplant it became real. This past year and a half I was told I need not just a new heart but also a new liver. I went to different hospitals in Arizona and none of them could do the transplant that i needed. Thankfully my Cardiologist referred me to Stanford Medical Hospital in California. I went there for two weeks. I went thru every testing you could think of. On my way home I got the phone call that i was approved for my liver transplant and then hours later i got the call for my heart transplant. So... now i am asking for any donations that you can help me with any out of pocket expenses for my mom and I to be there while waiting for my heart and liver. I also ask if you haven't considered being an organ donor to think about doing it. There are a lot of people out there waiting just like me.
