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Ava Kaufman

Ava Kaufman
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Joined: 06/24/2011

About Ava Kaufman

Ava is a Mom, an inspiration and a true miracle. Ava's healthy life came to an abrupt stop when she found herself in hospital with a failed heart. After 10 intense days of being kept alive by machines, Ava received a heart transplant, just in time to save her life. After her recovery, Ava, a Cancer survivor and former dancer, dedicated her life to helping others. Ava volunteered at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center helping hundreds of candidates, transplant recipients and their families, through their transplant journey. Her story was featured on "NBC Nightly News." Ava established a non-profit, Ava's Heart, which provides support for transplant candidates and recipients. Ava is an Ambassador of Donate Life and helps to create awareness on Organ Donation. Ava's most important role is being a loving Mom to her daughter Jade. She still has a passion for dance and dances every week! In her 'heartfelt' blog, Ava shares the stories of inspirational mother's on the same journey as her.

Recent Posts by Ava Kaufman

Dance For Life!
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I Have A Dream!
I am sure that all of you with children are busy and possibly overwhelmed with the business of back-to-school. Rearranging schedules, getting up super early, being sure the homework gets done, shopping, planning after-school activities and all that crazy stuff that goes along with the first few weeks of school. For the majority of people it just feels like the beginning of a new school year with the usual stuff. However, there is a Facebook page entitled Mothers of Transplants. These moms are sending their children to school with many additional real stresses and fears. Many children... continue reading
Heart to Heart: Mother of five needs your help!
There is a family in Oregon waiting for five hearts. Yes, that's correct five! They have five children (under the age of 13) and at some point in the near future all of these children will need a heart. Ava's Heart is trying to raise money to bring them to L.A. where there is a better chance of them getting what they need. Right now the two-year-old is living with an LVAD, which is keeping her alive. Being parents ourselves, we can not even imagine the stress, anxiety and heartfelt suffering these parents experience every minute of every day. If anyone out there wants to help this family... continue reading
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