About 1 pm yesterday afternoon, we received a phone call from family friends tell us that their daughter Ashley was in Ft. Worth Harris Hospital on life support after suffering a blood clot in her brain.
Later in the day the decision was made by the Ashley`s family to donate her organs to those families waiting on the transplant list. Ashley is still on Life Support awaiting the donation of her organs.
The family has directed that Tracy be placed first on the list for the Kidney/Pancreas transplant.
That being said, there are a lot of things that must go right for Tracy to receive this life changing gift.
First Ashley must be blood type O and last night we found out that she is....first step complete.
Second, we are waiting on a phone call this morning from Baylor Dallas for Tracy to go in and give blood to perform the cross match with Ashley blood. If the cross match is good then Tracy would receive her Transplant a Baylor Ft. Worth.
Since Tracy has had a transplant before and 16 blood transfusions. she is at 99% antibodies and a match will be hard to get. However, it not impossible.
Tracy and I are cautiously optimistic that this will be the "Gift Of Life" that we have been waiting for.
If you believe in the power of prayer, I would ask of you to say a prayer for Tracy and Ashley and her family during this stressful time.
Ashley is 22 years old and a new mother to a 4 month old baby girl.
Through this tragedy 22-27 family will receive the Gift of Life by receiving the organs that they need to for their self or family member. This is truly a unselfish act by the Vann family to donate Ashley organs.
I will keep you posted on details as I know them. We are just waiting on the call to tell us to make our way to Dallas for Tracy to give blood.
Tracy, We are praying for you and Ashley, along w/ her 4 month old baby girl. God's ways are so much bigger then we can ever imagine or try to make sense of w/ our worldly minds, but we must have faith. Tracy, you have faith that over flows, and I pray that God continues to bless you. If we can help out the Vann Family in anyway, please don't hesitate to ask. We would love to help console their pain as they go through such a tremendous loss.
ReplyDeletePeace I leave to you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27