Kustom Kate X’s Isaiah Lucio

 

Isaiah Lucio was born with hypo plastic left heart syndrome. He has had 3 open heart surgeries from two weeks old all the way to five years old. He recently had heart failure in October of 2021. We were told by his doctors at University hospital in San Antonio that he was not doing well he would be undergoing a heart catheterization where he coded and they had to stop the procedure. They brought him back to the icu where they told us there was nothing they could do for him that he would be needing a heart transplant. We would have to go to Austin to Dell children’s hospital where they would be able to help him. That’s when we meet with the vad and transplant team they decided it was best for Isaiah to get a ventricle assist device so he could get strong and his body would be ready for transplant. He would have open heart surgery to place the ventricle assist device on the left side of his heart. He went into surgery on November 3,2021. He had some complications while in icu but he is truly a fighter. He finally came home on December 23,2021. During his hospital stay I reached out to kustom Kate to get him some custom Spurs shoes for his birthday. When she came to drop off the shoes Isaiah was so happy and excited to be wearing them to the Spurs game. His uncle had surprised him with floor tickets this was Isaiah’s first outing since being home from the hospital. He got the attention of a camera man that asked him if he would like to be on tv he said yes. He came out on the Spurs pre game repping the Spurs from head to toe. That’s when I shared the video with kustom Kate she was so excited her work was on tv and happy for Isaiah as well. She reached out to me and asked if Isaiah would be ok with designing three pairs of Spurs shoes with her and fundraising money with 100% of the proceeds being donated to Isaiah’s charity of choice. We met up with Kustom Kate she gave him full creative control to design the shoes his way. He gave her the ideas while she began to sketch out, and bring them to life. They are both an amazing team together, Isaiah’s love for the Spurs and basketball combined with Kate’s passion for art. They would also be doing a local interview with KSAT 12 talking about Isaiah’s medical journey as well as Kustom Kate‘s and his collaboration together to raise money for Isaiah’s two charities of choice American heart association and Dell children’s hospital in Austin Texas. Let’s help Isaiah reach his goal he’s been through so much and still thinking about helping others.