For Isabel

She was packed to go home. Her liver asked for more time.

After a transplant, Isabel is back at UCLA being treated for rejection. Jason has not left her side. This fund keeps a house waiting in Santa Maria.

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1 gift so far, from Phillip Garcia. Every dollar after this one shortens the distance home.

“The most important thing for a speedy recovery is no stress and a home to go home to.”
Isabel Johnson · written from UCLA, September 2026

From Isabel

Monday she was supposed to come home.

Portrait of Isabel smiling in the hospital

Firstly, thank you so much for sharing, praying, and giving for Isabel’s recovery. Prayers work.

Her liver levels have improved greatly, but they are still too high to be released. Going home was scheduled for Monday, September 21. The increased medication fighting rejection is now affecting her kidneys. The family is waiting to learn whether she will have to go back on dialysis.

Yvonne, who is organizing this fund from Santa Maria, added a little — Isabel has brain fog from the meds — but the ask is hers:

Please, family and friends, come together. With Jason in Los Angeles beside her, his sick days and vacation are used up. Rent, utilities, and everyday costs have not stopped. The family needs the support of the people who love them.

“Prayers are always welcomed for a full recovery, and that my liver takes to this harsh treatment — so that I can enjoy many more years ahead with my family.”

Photo journal

The morning they were already packed to leave.

Isabel wrote, “As you can see, we were already to go home.” The bags are still sitting there. She is still at UCLA.

Golden morning light over Central California hills and a distant farmhouse

How a gift helps

Keep a light on in Santa Maria while she fights in L.A.

A home to come home to

Rent, utilities, and the ordinary costs of a house that cannot pause while Isabel is in Los Angeles.

Jason at her side

He is with her physically, mentally, and spiritually. His sick days and vacation are gone. Your gift covers the gap.

Room to heal

Isabel wrote it plainly: the most important thing for a speedy recovery is no stress, and a home waiting.

The stay

A week that became longer.

From the ER on a Wednesday to a biopsy, a near-discharge, and another round of the treatment she already knows too well.

Isabel resting in a hospital bed during treatment

September 21, 2026
Still here. Levels better — not home yet.
Isabel’s liver levels have improved greatly, but they are still too high for her to be released. She was scheduled to come home on Monday, September 21. The medication fighting her liver rejection is now affecting her kidneys. The family is praying she will not have to go back on dialysis.
September 14, 2026
Enzymes jumped. Another week of treatment.
Isabel had been at UCLA since the previous Wednesday, after her liver coordinator sent her to the ER for a biopsy. Numbers were improving. She was excited to go home. That morning her enzymes rose sharply again. She would stay another week or so, receiving the same treatment she went through after her first transplant.
September 9, 2026
Back to UCLA
Labs showed extremely high liver enzymes. Isabel went in for a biopsy and treatment for rejection of her transplanted liver.

Olive branches in a ceramic vase on linen, morning light

Stand with her

Help Isabel come home.

$2,500 still needed to reach the family’s goal. Gifts go through GoFundMe, organized by Yvonne Martinez-Bixby for Isabel Johnson.