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Today Elissa received unfortunate news. UTSW TRANSPLANT Team has permanently REMOVED her from transplant list after 2 years. The board of doctors feel they are not equipped to successfully treat her after transplant due to her many resistant bacteria. Hope is not totally gone.... we are looking at transferring Elissa to Houston Methodist Hospital which boasts the largest transplant facility in the nation Or moving to Durham, NC to Duke University hospital which is also one of the best high risk transplant hospital. I have started the process to both. Her life since she was born has continued to give her mountains to climb. She is a fighter, but the bacteria fight is winning. Definitely not how we wanted to spend Halloween. Currently, she is home. However, she has symptoms of infection again with fever and light hemastosis. The ER is in her future once again.