If you've ever interacted with Alex, your day has been made better. Alex will have helped you with something, maybe something you didn't even know needed doing, or engaged in a conversation with you on a topic about which you're passionate or details of your life that few others might remember.

Alex makes the world better simply by showing up – and Alex always makes the effort to show up for family, friends, friends of friends, distant acquaintances... well, you get it.

Unfortunately, Alex's ability to show up is being impaired by one of those monumental challenges that life can sometimes throw at the best of us. In needing a heart transplant, drastic lifestyle changes will be required and massive expenses will force Alex and Analisa to battle against falling into a financial deficit for the rest of their lives.

This is where you can help. By giving to this campaign, you're giving Alex and Analisa hope for a brighter future, the hope we all enjoyed for them before being struck by cruel chance.

Let's help give them some of that hope back. The support you provide here will be with them forever.

According to the 2025 Milliman Research Report, the estimated cost of a heart transplant in the United States before insurance is $1,918,700, broken down below.

$67,000 – Pre-transplant medical care needs (estimated at 30 days)

$214,500 – Organ procurement

$1,220,400 – Hospital admission for transplant

$105,200 – Physician cost for transplant

$277,400– Post-transplant medical care needs (estimated at 180 days)

$34,200 – Immunosuppressants and other medications

Insurance will (hopefully) cover some of that – but it won't cover all of it, and that's just the start. There are so many additional expenses like:

It's a lot! Let's give what we can and help them get through it together.