Jay Thoma was born with half a heart. The right side of his heart never developed properly. He had numerous heart surgeries and catheters at U/HC over the years. He developed a condition called PLE (protein-losing enteropathy). This was caused by the very surgeries that saved his life as a young child. He was listed for a heart transplant for quite a few years at U/HC, but he wasn't quite sick enough to receive his gift. Now, as an adult, he has gotten too sick for UIHC to treat him. He now needs a liver, along with his heart, due to the longlasting effects caused by heart failure. So UIHC referred him to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Doctors there are hopeful they can get him admitted over the winter, and potentially keep him there until he receives his gifts of life. This could mean weeks or months of staying in the hospital, and due to him being out of state, he needs a caregiver with full time. This benefit will hopefully help him and his family be able to pay for trips back and forth, and anything insurance doesn't cover. Along with making rent payments and everyday bills while they're off work to be with Jay. Please feel free to follow his page on Facebook called Jay's Journey .... New Beginnings
