Our dear friend and collegue, Alison Dziak.

Eli was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart syndrome before he came into this world. Once he was born he was also diagnosed with Kabuki Syndrome. At just 3 weeks old Eli had his first heart surgery. Eli, just had his second heart surgery on Dec 5th 2022, at just 5 months old, this was an open heart procedure. Despite all the love and prayers, his surgery did not go as planned. During that one week, Eli had 3 more surgeries and was placed on ECMO. He has had a long recovery with multiple setbacks, most recently having to be placed on dialysis. He continues to fight hard and was able to come off dialysis, get extubated, and begin tube feedings again. Eli continues to make strides every day but has many more weeks of recovery ahead of him. His parents Alison and Justin have been at his side day and night along with a few visits from his older 3-year-old brother Austin.

Alison is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist that works alongside us at Michigan Medicine. Many have expressed wanting to help support them. Creating a Go-Fund page allows us to come together and help support them with medical expenses. If you are unable able to support them monetarily at this time, please continue to send love and prayers their way, they appreciate them so much.