My name is Patience Winfrey. I am 33 years old. I currently reside in New Orleans, LA. In March of 2012 I was blessed with my first child. Unfortunately in November of 2012, I was diagnosed with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in addition to congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, and the list goes on. My heart did recover and I had another child in 2014. Sadly, in 2017 after the loss of my oldest due to an accident, I suffered from depression and the stress of everything took a toll on my body and heart. My heart percentage dropped and didn’t fully recovered. By the grace of God, I received my heart transplant Saturday June 28th, 2025. Its been a long continuous journey to recovery. December 16th I had a CT scan for the blood clot I had in July to make sure it was gone and praise God it was but we had a bigger problem on our hands. I had buildup fluid surrounding the new heart. I also am in rejection. I started the treatments back in December. I had a new hospital visit in January due to left sides weakness with my arm and leg. If walking long distance I have to use my walker. We have yet to figure out the diagnose for that. When we did a head MRI we found micro hemorrhages but they were from the past. Since transplant it had been a battle but I’m up for the fight. I’m supposed to go finish the last 2 treatments for the rejection Monday and Tuesday but due to me not feeling well we don’t know if we will continue right now. On top of everything else I’m loosing my hair and it’s devastating because it has always been apart of me.
I’m going to be shutting down this fundraiser soon. I want my supporters to know I’m not giving up and I will continue to fight. Any donations that’s donated where put to a go use whether it was bills, medical wise, or my son. If anything is donated before I close this down I will be using it towards bills that I’m behind and building up the courage to do the big chop with my hair. Thank you and I love you all ❤️
P.S My son is a big part of me. He is in karate and he is really good. He is doing belt testing next week and getting his sparring equipment hopefully (tigerrock)
I am sincerely grateful for your words of encouragement, support and prayers! If anyone wants to donate off this website I have Venmo mykidsaremyworld and Paypal kids4life1214