Yulia's Blog

A Living Donor

Today we were contacted and told that Yulia has a living donor identified. We are overjoyed! This generous person does not live in NC. ...

UPDATES

First of, I want to apologize for not keeping up with this blog as well as I had hoped I would. With 11 kids, homeschooling, kids'...

ACTIVE on the List

Today we got a call from the new hospital that Yulia has been activated on the transplant list. What does that mean? That means that we...

Listed!

Yulia has been listed. Yay! Thank you, Jesus! One of our donor's was tested last week and has suboptimal kidney function. We are...

Blood banking

We just got a call from the blood bank. We are going to be able to bank Yulia's blood for her upcoming transplant. Things are really...

GOING TO COMMITTEE TODAY!

Today, Yulia's packet went before the committee at ECU Health. We are praying that she is accepted and listed. We should get the answer...

New hospital is a win!

We were evaluated on Monday by a new hospital, and it is a good fit. They asked for us to not go public until after the surgery is...

Evaluation scheduled at a new hospital

Happy New Year and Happy Epiphany! On Monday, Yulia, her dad and I will go to another hospital for an evaluation. This hospital is very...

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas and pray you all did too! We are still finalizing a hospital so that those that asked to test for...

Update 17 Dec

We are so overwhelmed with the love and support that we have received so far. We have reached out to a hospital in FL and are hoping to...

Update on Yulia

Just jumping on here to give a quick update. We are overwhelmed by the encouragement and support from so many people. Thank you. It is...

Media gets involved

We have been blessed to have the media get involved. We are overwhelmed by the outpouring of support. We are hoping that we will soon...

Denied Transplant

We were hopeful that things would go our way. Today we were told that Yulia cannot have a transplant at Duke even if we have a live...

Last step before transplant board!

Yulia had a series of appointments in the last couple days. There was one very promising update: her eyes are actually improving, even...