Help Connor’s Recovery from Severed Kidney

Fourteen year old Connor Tennant of Hood River, OR was enjoying a day in the snow with his family on December 12, 2020. Unfortunately his snowboard hit a log under the snow and it severed one of his kidneys.

Knowing Connor was seriously hurt by the amount of pain he was in, he was transported to the Hood River Hospital immediately. He was then Life Flighted to Portland Emmanuel Randall Children’s Hospital where he spent 6 days in the ICU with a total of 21 days in the hospital.

He faced many hardships, which were all life threatening. He had a football size coagulated blood clot that had to be absorbed by his body, fluid around his heart and lungs (all making it difficult for him to breathe). He went through weeks of terrible pain. 

After not eating for ten days and not moving, he gradually went to sitting up in bed, to a wheelchair, then to a walker, and then walking a short distance without a walker.

It has been a long, hard journey for all of them, including his 3 siblings. They know that the prayers of many are getting them through this.

Connor was able to come home New Year’s with two stents, one kidney drain, and a catheter! But he was just SO happy to be home with his family!!

There are large medical bills accumulating from the lengthy stay at the hospital. More trips to have CAT scans, X-rays, blood work, procedures etc. are in the foreseeable future. These expenses will be on top of what he has already acquired.

If you would like to help defray some of the Tennant family cost, please donate here. Also, please share and post on your social media accounts to let others know.

Thank you for your support, prayers, and love; it is so much appreciated!!