Updates and Announcements

Zoe had her 6 month biopsy this morning. Her pressures were good and her cardiac output remain unchanged from last biopsy which is good. Her results came back as a 1a and 0 again. She has maintained these near perfect results for every biopsy she has had post transplant. It’s a good sign. According to my calculations, she should have 1 more 6 month biopsy and then she will go in once a year. The 5-year mark is another transplant milestone.

You all may remember this past summer when Zoe and I spent the afternoon with photographers and the folks from Donate Life Ohio shooting pictures for their website, commercials and other educational uses. I got an email this afternoon from LifeBanc informing me that from February-March, throughout Ohio, Zoe will be featured on billboards for organ donation. Here’s what to look for:

 

 

 

 

Nikki & I were discussing (briefly) updating the site. Zoe’s drawings and her “potatoe people” have served us well. However, our girl is growing up and we think her site should reflect this. She’s at a very delicate point right now, caught directly between being a little girl who loves princesses and a young lady who has all the facts on her favorite boy band. So be prepared for things to change in the near future. Don’t be alarmed. It’ll still be the same site, just in new packaging.

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Published by Chrissy Snider

Zoe’s Heart began the day our world changed. My daughter, Zoe, received a heart transplant at just six years old. Six. In the span of childhood milestones and bedtime stories, we learned words like “transplant,” “rejection,” “ICU,” and “donor family.” We learned what it means to wait. To hope. To live in the in-between. This blog is our way of sharing the journey — the beautiful, the terrifying, the exhausting, and the miraculous. Zoe’s Heart exists for two reasons: To keep our family and friends updated as we walk this road. And to advocate fiercely for organ donation — because someone else’s yes saved my daughter’s life. This space is raw. It’s honest. It doesn’t pretend the hard parts don’t exist. But it also refuses to ignore the hope. We believe in celebrating progress, honoring the gift of life, and speaking openly about what transplant families experience behind hospital doors. Zoe is living proof that generosity changes everything. Thank you for being here. Thank you for following her journey. And if you ever find yourself wondering whether organ donation matters — it does. It saved our girl. Welcome to Zoe’s Heart.