Fred Blom

Fred Blom is a 72-year old husband, father, and grandfather. After years of struggling with heart disease, specifically cardiomyopathy, he had been diagnosed with end stage congestive heart failure and a heart transplant was his only hope for survival. Fred was on the heart transplant list since June of 2015. On November 4, 2021, he received the heart transplant at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. He is one of the nicest guys youʼd ever hope to meet and he needs our help. The cost of a transplant is overwhelming.

Fred grew up in Richfield, Minnesota and graduated from Richfield High School. He went on to Bemidji State University where he studied elementary education. After graduating, Fred was hired by Montevideo schools where he taught for 25 years. You may remember his wife, Jeri, who taught in the same school district where they met. After working for a church for 10 years and then a medical device component manufacturer for 7 years, Fred retired in July, 2018.

Transplants are life saving but financially draining. Even with insurance, Fred faces life-long post-transplant medications of up to $1,200 a month, co-pays, lab fees, possible complications from rejection, along with susceptibility to infections and even cancer due to being on immuno-suppressent medications.

To help with the financial burden of Fred’s uninsured expenses, a fundraising campaign in his honor has been established with Help Hope Live, a trusted nonprofit organization that has been providing community-based fundraising guidance to patients and their families for more than 30 years. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law, are held by Help Hope Live in the North-Central Transplant Fund, and are administered by Help Hope Live for transplant related expenses only. Please consider a contribution.

Thank you for your prayers, support and generosity.

Gratefully,

Friends and family of Fred Blom