When Lauren was first approach to speak at the New England Donor Services  Conference, she said "Absolutely, tell me when and where".  
                 Lauren has become such a great advocate in organ donor awareness,  through her public speaking events.  To be able hear first hand from an organ donor recipient, so many people who work in all the different fields of organ donation don't  get a chance to meet and listen of how grateful and appreciative of all the hard  work that goes on behind the scenes in the orchestration of how the organ's are selected in where and who is to receive them.
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Please click on link below to learn more about
      New England Donor Services 

              gofundme
is the #1 personal fundraising website out there,  you can trust.                     

                         When I created this website, my purpose was to help educate and promote organ donor awareness.  Since my daughter Lauren Meizo had her first heart transplant on December 30, 2013, then unfortunately needed a second heart and a kidney transplant on May 17, 2018  I kind of know a thing or two about what is entailed in what life living on the transplant life can be.
                 I also published my journal from when my daughter needed her first heart transplant.  The goal is to be able to help others understand what to expect and what life is like living on the transplant list.  To date the book has been doing very well, and I have been told it has changed their lives.  
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      Click on the title to find out more information on
Strength in a Heartbeat, Diary of a Heart Transplant

              Gofundme is a great website to help raise funds, when you're in need mainly for medical issues.  When my daughter and I were living in the hospital waiting (2 hours away from home) for her second heart and kidney transplant, my sister mentioned she wanted to start a gofundme page for us.  First I wasn't on board then, realizing how much it was costing me to live in the hospital I said okay.  
               When you are faced living in a hospital, the patient and most of the times a family member would be staying with them, is VERY EXPENSIVE.  At times I would only eat one meal, to get just a salad and a drink was $10.00.  Anytime Lauren or I would need just the basics, I would walk to CVS or Walgreen's.  It all adds up.  Plus when my husband would come up for the weekends, parking alone is very expensive.  Months of living in a hospital is nothing you financially plan for.     

                 Fundraising is also for the family because the patient was a contributing financial member of the household.  All of a sudden that paycheck is taken away.  The stress of a family member in the hospital is so worrisome, plus now you have a huge financial burden to try to overcome is extremely hard on the family.
               Fundraising is needed for when the patient is released from the hospital. Medical bills and prescriptions accumulate plus any other medical devices they may need as well, all trips back and forth to the hospital for multiple check-ups.   A transplant patient takes close to and or over 30 pills a day.  Depending on the insurance, the cost of everything is mind boggling.  Now remember, this is something you are never prepared for   Most people don't have that stash of money just sitting around.  

Transplant patient's need to raise thousands of dollars,  
​The button below is my daughter's  gofundme page to show example

                I would like to help everyone with a gofundme page with my website.  If you or you know someone with a gofundme page, I am willing to help.
        Please send me your link to your gofundme page.  I am going to dedicate a post with everyone's gofundme page link.  
          I truly believe in helping any way possible to somehow ease some of the worry the families are enduring at this time.

         You can subscribe to this website, ​www.strengthinaheartbeat.com by filling out the contact page. You can find it on the top of this page in the menu with your information.  We all need help at different points in our lives.  I've needed help, now I would like to help others.

            Please pass this along to anyone you feel could benefit with some advertising about their gofundme page.  My website has many followers all over the world that could  read your story and may want to contribute.
            Remember subscribe and fill out the contact page with your info and link to your gofundme page.  Once I have received your info , let's get the world to read your story!

           If you are going through a heart or any organ transplant this book could help you understand  what life is like living on an organ transplant list.
         This is my journal I wrote, when my daughter was on the heart transplant list, and I lived in the hospital with her.  I published it to help other's understand they are not alone.  My book is formatted in journal form, that takes you from hearing those words heart failure, to being listed,  receiving a LVAD,  to receiving the call and then finally recovery.  
                                                   
                   "Special price of only $11.00 for a limited time"
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 Customer review :
Wow! I don't know where to start. I got the news from my cardiologist that I needed to meet with his "Heart Team" because my heart is failing and has changed a lot in the past few years. I knew my symptoms weren't normal but I really wanted to hear I was out of shape. Not that my heart was failing. Within a few hours of my diagnosis I wanted more information but I wanted to hear it from a patient. Someone with true life experience was what I was searching for. I did a search online and found Lynne and Lauren's book. I bought the Kindle version and started reading that night. Then I just had to have the paperback. I'm old fashioned, I love books and wanted a copy to take with me to the hospital in the future because I could feel the strength and hope in the text after the first few pages.
            I have 5 kids at home and read only when they were in bed so I took my time but putting it down was difficult. I wanted to know what the next journal writing was going to say! As a mom and a mom of a son with a heart condition and an ICD and Pacemaker, I connected with Lynne instantly. Her strength, raw emotion and honesty throughout the book was amazing. As a woman with a heart condition, ICD/Pacemaker and now looking at a heart transplant, I connect with Lauren, too. Her struggles outweigh mine x10 but her strength, honesty and determination give me hope. This book is real! It's emotional. It shows that life sucks and you have to take each day as it comes. You have to live in the moments and enjoy every good thing. I will take this book with me. I plan on highlighting (in my good ol' paperback) each of the triumphs in Lauren's journey and her smiles. I am beyond encouraged by this book!
I recommend this book to anyone that needs encouragement to fight and stay strong through ANY life struggle. Heart condition or not, this is a beautifully written story of real life and I am so thankful I found it. Now I am getting a copy for my mom. :)

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                   for the FIRST Annual Boston Blue & Green Walk!!! 

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Sunday September 23, 2018

Help us increase awareness about the life-saving an life-enhancing importance of organ and tissue donation. All donations go towards raising awareness for organ donation! A cause near and dear to myself and so many others!
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            Yup the picture says it all,  going home today!!!
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Test results confirm Lauren has a virus and was dehydrated.  
Test results are going in the right direction, so the doctors feel comfortable letting her go home with quite a few medication adjustments.
This has been our shortest admission, love it.
Thank you everyone for your support and prayers
​Now the wait for discharge, but that's ok.