Eliana Strong

Elliott and I are not ones to ask those for help. But I feel this is actually really one of those situations you should. Our daughter Eliana was diagnosed with Hetertaxy syndrome at 23 weeks, and due to Hetertaxy syndrome she is missing a spleen. She has a single ventricle and some of her heart is routed wrong. She only has two chambers in her heart, and her liver is in the middle of her stomach. Her stomach is an inch off of where it should be. She will need multiple surgeries throughout life. She just had open heart surgery and her next surgery is at 7 or 8 months where they are going to make a four chambered heart. She will always need to see a cardiologist at Luries Children’s Hospital, and due to all of her health issuses and heart disease she will always need to be on medicine. Because of her needing surgery, and Luries in Chicago being the only ones who felt comfortable performing the surgery she needed, we packed up and moved quickly out of our home in Iowa and came back to Illinois. We never had a baby shower because the Doctors back in Iowa made it seem she wouldn't make it long after birth. Now here we are and our baby girl is about to come home soon and all she has is a crib, a bouncer, a dresser, and some bottles. Any little bit helps. I am making this post on behalf of my best friend Kiana Geffs and Elliot Stocker. I have been best friends with Kiana for 12 years and it breaks my heart seeing someone who’s like a sister to you go through this. THIS is Eliana’s Story. Please whether it’s a few dollars, a onesie, anything.. no family should ever have to go through what my best friends has. Thank you, they’re also in need of gas cards to get to these appointments in Chicago so their baby girl can stay monitored.