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In 2022 a year after battling Covid Cristina was still struggling to breathe and had coughing spells that left her dizzy, breathless and kept her up at night. It took little while but she was eventually diagnosed with fibrosis of the lungs.she was put on oxygen which would be increased to its maximum amount by this year. Cristina needed a dual lung transplant. She was put on the list and got her call .on April 21,2024. She had her surgery and was doing great… until she wasn’t. Her lungs had started to fail. With every test run and every scan done there were no reasons or explanations as to why this was happening. The doctors and nurses at UCSF are some of the best and they all rallied around her and gave her as much supportive care as they could but there was no improvement. As a family we decided we needed to give her every chance and every opportunity at life that we could so we relisted her. May 10th we got our second and final shot and she headed into surgery. Unfortunately there were complications and her heart went into shock and her kidneys took a hit as her body had been through so much already. She had to be placed on ecmo for both her heart and lungs. She had multiple surgeries in the coming days to reevaluate her heart and to check on her lungs and to relieve the fluid that was starting to accumulate there. Sadly the second pair of lungs had officially begun to fail as she was again suffering from primary graft dysfunction. Everything that could be done, was done for her. it just wasn’t enough. And she took her final breath.
On the 23rd of March we lost our loving generous and kind mother (mae, ma, and hunny) Cristina. She was a never ending source of light and laughter. She had the best laugh and the most contagious smile. her loss will forever leave a hole in each of us that we will struggle to live with for the rest of our lives.
In process of trying to honor Cristina’s final wishes to be buried next to her loving father and beloved grandparents we’re incurring expenses that we just did not foresee and ask for any help anyone may be willing offer. We appreciate the time you spent reading this, we appreciate the prayers, the love and support and we truly thank you all from the very bottoms of hearts! ❤️
Organizer
Rosemary Seely
Organizer
Elk Grove, CA