Wes Mattimore

Wesley “Wes” Mattimore is a fifty-four-year-old man who is very ill. Since 2008, he’s been struggling with ventricular tachycardia with severe cardiomyopathy. A heart transplant is his only hope for survival. Wes is a very kind person who needs our help; The cost of a transplant, even with insurance, can quickly become overwhelming.

Wes grew up in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and graduated from Greater Johnstown High School. Since his illness started, doctors were able to keep him working with a large gas and oil company for five years with medications and an internal cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). After getting fifteen shocks in a row from his ICD, doctors said he was experiencing V-tach storms. In July of 2014, Wes received twenty-eight shocks in a row; After that, doctors told Wes that a new heart was all that would save him. Together, Wes, his family, and best friend, Sean Paxton, along with his family and friends are committed to seeing him through this heart transplant. For the first time in a long time, Wes has hope for the future.

Transplants are life saving but financially draining. Even with insurance Wes is facing high expenses needing caregivers post-transplant, copays, lab fees and the costly anti-rejection medications that Wes will have to take for the rest of his life.

To help with the financial burden of Wes’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 Mid-Atlantic Heart Transplant Fund, and are administered by Help Hope Live for transplant-related expenses only. Please consider making a contribution.

Thank you for your prayers, support and generosity.

Gratefully,
Sean Paxton, Wes’ best friend