Hi, my name is Donna Abshire. Thank you so much for the opportunity to share our journey. Our story begins on May 16, 2013. We were on mini "way-cation" with our granddaughter Raygan, when the first sign that RayRay wasn't feeling well started. She seemed very whiny...
Two-year-old Priscilla and her mom Jillian, from Bedford Virginia, are the 23rd family served by the Stone Creek Village Apartments of Yellow Door. Priscilla has Pyruvate Carboxylase, or PC, deficiency, a rare genetic disorder characterized by failure to thrive,...
Last week, Haley underwent a successful kidney transplant, with Zakk, now her brother-in-law, as her donor!! Haley and her mom will be with us for a couple of weeks as she continues her recovery. A word from board member Ann Marie Gathright - Since our inception...
This week at Yellow Door, we had the honor of welcoming two members of the UVA Men's Basketball National Championship team to the Battle Building Clinic. They came to visit our wonderful Thomas, who was in day one of his second round of Chemo, and did his best Kyle...
Seems hard to believe, but they are our TWENTIETH family since we opened our first apartment 18 months ago!! A HUGE thank you to everyone who has made this milestone possible through your kind donations! Young Ben was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome...
You will not believe this, but Facebook banned our post from last week from being boosted (promoted) to viewers of Facebook. If you recall, it included a black & white photo of 2-week old Jude , resting in bed with lots of tubes in him after his heart transplant....
This week at Yellow Door, well actually last week, we welcomed our 19th family! One-month-old Jude is our youngest patient to date. He underwent a heart transplant at TWO WEEKS OLD, which is hard to fathom! The little guy is still being weened off his sedation meds,...
This week at Yellow Door we welcomed 5-month-old Gabe and his family to our "Dreamers" apartment. Gabe and his 6-year-old sister Annie are both being treated for Cystic Fibrosis. During a routine exam, Gabe was found to have a coarctation of the aorta, a narrowing of...
This week at Yellow Door we welcome our 16th family - 16 year old Jadan and her parents - from just outside Roanoke, VA. Jadan was diagnosed late last year with End Stage Renal (kidney) failure. For the high school honor student, the diagnosis came out of the blue....
Sincere thanks to everyone who came out for our Yellow Door Birthday celebration and Open House! It was a big success, not to mention a lot of fun! We so appreciate HotCakes, Paris Cake Co., Albemarle Cider Works, Random Row Brewing Co., and Stone Creek Village...