TJ Miller

TJ Needs Your Help

Family and friends of TJ Miller are raising money to pay for uninsured medical expenses associated with his liver transplant.

TJ has battled an auto-immune liver disease (Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis aka PSC) for the past 25 years. PSC is a progressive illness that attacks the bile ducts causing scarring, blockages, and in many cases bile duct cancer. PSC is strongly associated with ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease, which TJ also suffers from. There is no cure for PSC, but a liver transplant is currently the best treatment to eliminate the awful symptoms and avoid bile duct cancer. Due to TJ’s liver failure he experiences daily fatigue, severe pain due to bile duct blockages and spasms, cholestatic pruritis (an awful deep itching due to a buildup of bilirubin in the blood), and nausea. There is no area of life that isn’t effected by TJ’s chronic illnesses, in fact it is quite amazing how many functions the liver does and how problems can distress the whole body.

An angel of a friend, Rachel, donated a portion of her liver to TJ in 2018. That selfless gift got TJ through the last 5 years with more stability than he has had in a long time. Unfortunately, his liver is now failing again. His disease has returned, along with chronic infections causing multiple bouts of sepsis. TJ is now #1 on the transplant list and we are scared and hopeful. It is his best shot. So we are approaching this head on and with grateful hearts.

We are asking family and friends to help with critical expenses TJ will face immediately after surgery.

TJ is an amazing and devoted father of 4 and a wonderful husband to Ainsley. Grace (19), Lucas (16), Addison (13), annd Maddox (1) are his pride, joy, and whole world. Despite his chronic health conditions, TJ has persevered to live a productive and full life. Coaching T-ball, baseball, and football for the past 8 years, he has become a staple to the little league and youth football communities. He always puts his children first, persevering to attend every sports game, dance performance, or school activity as much as possible. But now it’s time for TJ’s healing journey to begin, and he needs our help.

Donations to Help Hope Live can help ease the financial burden of a transplant and allow TJ to focus on a healthy recovery and a long life ahead with his family and friends. Please feel free to share TJ’s story on your own social media or with any church or work groups.

TJ has chosen to fundraise with Help Hope Live in part because Help Hope Live assures fiscal accountability of funds raised and tax deductibility to the full extent allowed by law for donors. Donors can be sure that funds donated will be used only to pay or reimburse medically-related expenses. To make a tax-deductible donation to this fundraising campaign, click on the Donate Now button.

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

Thank you for your support!