Nolan - Heart of Steel: January 23, 2014 - Day 101

Thursday, January 23, 2014

January 23, 2014 - Day 101 - Nolan's Heart Day

WOW. The most surreal moment of my life. I will cover more details later while Nolan is in surgery, but I wanted to provide a quick update.

The donor heart was officially accepted around 3 pm this afternoon. Nolan will head to the operating room at 9:30 pm. He is resting comfortably and looks so peaceful. Just looking at him brings me such excitement, but also so much fear. He has no idea what it about to happen. This is something that will allow him a chance at life. Allow him a chance to be a young, healthy boy. After the surgery, it will be that bumpy road to recovery, but we are ready.

I have to get going. They just said he is getting ready to head out. Thank you all for the prayers! I will update more SOON!

Much love from us all...

THE DAY HAS ARRIVED!

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11 comments:

LisaJanuary 23, 2014 at 9:17 PM
Praying for Nolan and his whole family! God is good!
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AnonymousJanuary 23, 2014 at 9:38 PM
Awesome ....Nick ,,,,In my prayers .
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AnonymousJanuary 23, 2014 at 9:41 PM
Praying for you :)
Benn through it twice with my husband and hes doing great.
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AnonymousJanuary 23, 2014 at 9:47 PM
prayers for him and you and Matt.
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AnonymousJanuary 23, 2014 at 9:48 PM
praying for you all <3 and will keep him in my thoughts. May you all be surrounded with love and hugs <3
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Robynn MothersbaughJanuary 23, 2014 at 9:50 PM
Prayers to all of you.
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TreesaJanuary 23, 2014 at 9:51 PM
Sending prayers to Nolan, Cori, Matt, Riley....
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AnonymousJanuary 23, 2014 at 9:53 PM
PRAYERS for you Little Man !
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AnonymousJanuary 23, 2014 at 10:18 PM
Prayers and warm thoughts out to Nolan, you and all your family. My heart is soooo excited for his! I have been wishing and hoping for this day as many others have also! Even though we have never met, I cannot put into words how happy and excited I am for all of you.
Much love! Will be anxiously awaiting news.
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AnonymousJanuary 23, 2014 at 11:48 PM
I have been praying for this day,God bless your family and may everything be a great success! Nolan is such a beautiful child and I wish only the best of everything for him,still praying...
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AnonymousJanuary 24, 2014 at 12:15 AM
♥ Loves ((Hugs)) and Prayers for the donor family & for little Nolan and family ♥
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About Nolan

Nolan was brought by Life Flight to Hershey Medical Center on the evening of September 30, 2013. Earlier that day he went to the doctor for typical cold symptoms and was then sent to Susquehanna Health's Emergency Department for further testing and breathing treatments. After having many tests done, an X-ray showed what was believed to be an enlarged heart. An ultrasound confirmed this condition and he was quickly transported to the Children's Hospital at Hershey Medical Center. It was believed that Nolan was suffering from a viral infection in his heart called myocarditis, which is an inflammation of the myocardium, the middle layer of the heart wall. After going through a series of treatments at the Children's Hospital at Hershey Medical Center and not showing any improvement, the team of physicians felt best that he be sent to the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.

Nolan was flown to Pittsburgh on Friday, October 4. After several days of observation, Nolan was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. He was placed on a ventricular assist device (Berlin heart) which pumped the left side of his heart. Nolan spent 101 days on the VAD. He received the gift of life on January 24, 2014. We are forever grateful to his donor family for such a selfless act. As their lives have changed forever, so has Nolan's. They gave him a second chance at life.