Another update….First, thank you to everyone who chipped in for gift cards and flowers and magazines in Friends of Fishhawk. You don’t know how much that helps us. I went in Tampa General Hospital with a 104 fever a week ago and I just got home. All ten of my toes and part of both my feet were amputated. Everything was ok, until I tried to come home. Walking is torturous with no toes at all. They have a home nurse coming in everyday to teach me, but I haven’t seen them. I will heal. I appreciate everyone supporting my family and my cause.

Thank you to EVERYONE who came to The Tea Cup function and supported it. April Paleveda Curcio, Debbie Cook Eisenberg, Kelly Glenn Rowjohn and my mother put it all together and made it happen again. I heard about all of you that came and surprised me...

Devon Cooley Carver is back in the hospital. She was admitted last week with a high fever. As a result of an infection, she has had more surgery. The doctors had to take the remaining toes and about an inch of her actual foot. She seemed to be in fairly good spirits, but she will be in the hospital for a while. Her husband Brandon Michael Carver is trying to work, be at the hospital every hour that he isn’t working, and taking care of their son David.

If you’d like to send flowers or well wishes to Devon you can contact Tampa General Hospital at 813-844-7443.

Visiting hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The gift shop can be reached at (813) 844-7370. Purchases for delivery to patients can be made over the phone with a credit card.

Hours of operation for gift shop:
Monday – Friday, 9:30 a...

A living kidney donor is what we are looking for to save Devon’s life. If you would like to find out if you are an eligible donor you must be:

- O negative or O positive blood type

- Under the age of 50 and perfect health

- Not taking any medications

- Non smoker

- Relatively healthy weight BMI<30

- No chronic diseases like high blood pressure or diabetes

If you meet this criteria and would like to save a life, then call TGMG and ask to be tested for Devon Carver.

Please call TGMG – Transplant Services @ 800-844-9302.

Choose option [1], listen to the prompts and then choose option [1] again. Listen to the following prompts and choose option [3] for the kidney/pancreas donation program. After that redirects you choose option [2] for the living donor program.

You will then be able to speak...

High Tea Fundraiser to Benefit FishHawk Resident Needing Kidney Transplant

By D’Ann White

As a young FishHawk Ranch mother continues to fight for her life against end-stage renal failure, friends and strangers alike are rallying to raise funds to offset her mounting medical expenses.

The latest fundraiser is a high tea planned today, Jan. 25, from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Tea Cup Tea Room, 1107 Lithia-Pinecrest Rd., Brandon. The cost of $30 includes soup, sandwiches, salad and dessert.

Earlier this month, the newly opened Title Boxing Club in Bloomingdale Square hosted a fundraiser for Devon Carver, and proceeds from a Texas Hold ‘Em tournament and a Christmas carnival in December were dedicated to Carver.

In the meantime, the 34-year-old is receiving publicity from an unexpected source.

A Ta...

By Teresa Slattery Amin, Times Correspondent

In Print: Sunday, January 20, 2013

LITHIA

Maddie Eisenberg saw the Facebook request asking for gift baskets for a silent auction and bowl-a-thon to benefit Operation Kidney for Devon Cooley Carter, a young mom in need of a kidney donor.

Maddie, 11, wanted to help, so she and her mom, Debbie, made a gift basket with a theme of keeping kids busy on a rainy day. It included movie tickets and books.

That was just the beginning.

Maddie then enlisted the help of her neighbors in FishHawk to bake and sell cupcakes during the FishHawk Ranch yard sale. She made poster boards to draw awareness to Carter’s cause.

Eventually, she raised $625 for Operation Kidney to benefit Carter, and she continues to stay involved to help Carter draw awareness to her caus...

Posted: 01/16/2013

• By: Sarina Fazan

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY – 

A Bay area mother is pleading to the public.

She needs a new kidney, again.

Now, Devon Carver’s story is getting out to people across the Tampa area, thanks to multiple billboards along area roadways.
They read: “Local Mother Needs Living Kidney Donor.”

“I hope it saves my life,” Carver said.

A neighbor helped launch the billboard, which CBS Outdoor is running as a public service announcement.
It shows Devon and her 12-year-old son.
Carver was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was two.

She had been warned about some of the complications that can go along with the disease, but vowed they would never happen to her.

Now, at age 34, it is happening. Devon is on dialysis eleven hours a day and has already had one failed kidney transplant.

“It’s been a bad go-aroun...

How to help:

Good Morning,

First of all let me say thank for you responding to us with your willingness to help. That of all means the most. This is a huge step in the right direction, and a huge step in your life if you choose to go that route. My wife or I would never ask someone to do this, this has to be a choice of yours on your own free will. I cannot do anything or say anything to make you want to do this. I urge you to read up on the subject as much as you can. There is a TON of information on the internet about this subject.

Here are the steps you would have to take to begin the process of getting accepted for live donation.

Please call TGMG – Transplant Services @ 800-844-9302. Choose option [1], listen to the prompts and then choose option [1] again...

High Tea Fundraiser to Benefit Operation Kidney

A High Tea will be held on Friday, January 25 from 5-7pm at The Tea Cup, located at 1107 Lithia Pinecrest Rd, in Brandon. The cost is $30 per person and includes soup, sandwiches, salad and dessert. This is a fundraiser for Devon Carter, who is currently on the transplant list hoping for a kidney transplant in the near future. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/OperationKidney.