Read Aaron Tanner’s War, an article published in 110° Magazine.
A special thank you to the 110 Magazine in Contra Costa County, for their article on Aaron Tanner and his War with his medical struggles. We look forward to an updated on Aaron’s progress and continuing battle for life, in a future issue.
Thank you 110 !
Today we arrived at UCSF at about 3:00 p.m. Aaron is in good spirits as always. He is a bit sleepy but is still able to give the staff a run for there money.
The plan is to keep him on an IV to administer a medication called Milrinone (a vasodilator that works by relaxing the muscles in your blood vessels to help them dilate (widen). This lowers blood pressure and allows blood to flow more easily through your veins and arteries). It can only be administered in a hospital and it is to strengthen his heart.
After several days on this he will have a procedure called a heart catheterization, which is done to check the pressures in his heart so the doctors can get a better understanding of what is going on. If it is established that he needs it and is approved by his cardiologist he will have a catheter implanted for dialysis due to his renal failure.
Then as they learn more we will find out more about the his dual organ transplant (heart & kidney). We know for sure that we will be going to UCLA for a evaluation by the transplant team, we are unsure when at this point.
We have so many questions for the entire team. His situation is so different from any other that so many doctors and teams will have to be involved. There are no simple answers.
We will get them as they are presented to us and based on how Aaron responds to the necessary treatments. We do know that one of us will most likely have to move to L.A. with Aaron. We are waiting and praying. It looks like Aaron and I will be here for the course of about 14 days.
I truly can’t thank you enough for all of your support through prayers, blogs and notes of love and encouragement. It feels like our whole community is really pulling for us and I know God hears our prayers, you can feel it, it’s so evident in all that is happening.
Love and God Bless,
The Tanner family
Monday, August 24th
1-3:00 p.m. and 3-5:00 p.m.
Harvest Park Bowl
5000 Balfour Rd
Brentwood, CA 94513
(925) 516-1221
$12.00 for 2 hours of fun-filled bowling for the family.
Contact Anne Power at (925) 325-4567 or email annespowerhouse@yahoo.com for details. Come join the fun. All proceeds will benefit Aaron Tanner to help him receive the transplants he needs.
Thursday, September 17th — Join us for a special Pizza Night at the Straw Hat Pizza, located in Brentwood (in the Winco shopping center). Order anything off the menu to go – or get it delivered. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Aaron Tanner Foundation.
What: Pizza Night at Straw Hat Pizza
When: Thursday, September 17, 2009
Hours: 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
Location: 6680 Lone Tree Way
Brentwood, CA 94513
Phone: (925) 634-3664
Please note the date has been changed.
Save Aaron’s Broken Heart
My name is Elizabeth Tanner and I am mom to 4 wonderful boys Nicholas 14, Noah 9, Ethan would be 6 and Aaron whom this blog is for is 4 years old. Aaron was born 4 years ago with a congenital heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. It is a very major heart defect that only the left side of your heart works. He has had three open heart surgeries amongst others and as of May 30th he is in renal failure and now is going to need a kidney transplant.
I was just informed today that his heart is not handling the stress and is suffering – he is going to need a heart transplant at the same time making him one of a very few that need a multiple organ transplant. I am beside myself, I truly do not know how much more I can handle.
Aaron’s last hospital stay…
4 years ago – 6 weeks after Aaron was born we lost our then 27 month old son Ethan to what is called hypotropic cardiomyopathy. It was devastating to our family he was never diagnosed so it happened very suddenly. Through our family and friends, with there emotional support and love we have made it this far.
I am starting this blog because I really want to share Aarons story with many. He is a miracle and the biggest fighter you have ever seen.
God has a reason for all things in this life, we do not know what it holds for us. Aaron is here for a purpose I have been told that by many people. So I have to share with the world what is happening. Ethan was here on this earth for such a short time but he was here long enough for Aaron to be born. We have suffered immensely by his loss. I cannot even put my grief and the grief of my family into words.
It is going to cost more than our insurance covers, we have a lifetime maximum of $350,000 and we are already very close to capping out. His anti-rejection medication, after surgery alone is more than $7,000 a month. We need help.
How you can help:
If you are in a place to make a donation here are a couple of options:
My number is 925-899-1010.
"Hi Friends!"
Thank you for all your support!
