Tammy Evans is a 50 year-old woman who is struggling with liver failure, or end- stage-liver-disease. The loving mother of four children, and grandmother to five, Tammy worked as a Quality Aerospace Engineer before her liver started to fail. Over the years, her condition has progressed, and Tammy eventually lost the ability to work. She experiences profound fatigue, and many serious symptoms. She has been hospitalized and is now unable to function properly. As a result, Tammy is out of work, and her 21 year-old daughter, Andrea has taken over the responsibility of caring for her full-time. Tammy’s doctors have told her that without a lifesaving liver transplant, her condition will continue to progress and her time will quickly run out.

Tammy was born in Tennessee but moved to California in her teens. She raised four children while working full-time, and was the best mother anyone could ask for. She started classes to help her career and trained to become an Aerospace Engineer. She traveled to Europe every year for her job, and enjoyed supporting her family while working hard. However, Tammy’s life quickly took a turn for the worse when out of the blue she became seriously ill and her life was thrown into a spiral. After many close calls and months in the hospital due to liver failure, Tammy finally regained her health and came home. She is still standing tall after all the curve balls life has thrown at her, but she desperately needs your help.

While Tammy undergoes extensive medical testing to be listed for transplant at the University of California at San Diego, her out-of-pocket medical and transplant-related expenses continue to rise. Co-pays and deductibles,medical appointments, travel fees, and health insurance premiums continue to add up to more than Tammy can handle alone. She will soon need to reside closer to the transplant center, and will be required to take costly, post-transplant anti-rejection medications that she is required to take for the rest of her life. While she is out of work, Tammy is having difficulty paying her bills and her living expenses. She also has a potential living organ-donor, and is both excited and anxious to begin her road to recovery through a lifesaving liver transplant.