Our sweet little baby will be missed beyond words. His five year struggle with a chronic disease is now over and his gentle spirit is safely in Gods loving hands . We know that Dylan touched so many lives in his short five years, and because of him we have been introduced to many others that have enriched our lives, from the nurses and care partners at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital to T.H.I.S. cares organization. We can not begin to express our gratitude for all the help T.H.I.S. cares has given and we sincerely hope that the organization can continue raising money to help other families in need, not only have you helped with our financial burden throughout Dylan's many hospital stays but you are also a source of comfort in the way you have shown genuine compassion and concern for what our family was going through. What A Blessing! Thank You All So Much, The Richards Family                                                                                                    

Larry I have just now had time to sit down and let you know what happened I would call but my cell phone is dead. Friday morning March 3rd I had just started work and I got a phone call from my dad he said it was urgent, when I called my dad back he said Pittsburgh had called and they had a donor for Dylan. Last week my dad had talked to someone at a small airport in Murfreesboro and a charter flight service had volunteered flying us for free, so my dad called them and we went to Pittsburgh we were there in about 5 hours. Dylan did not get to receive the transplant because the donors intestines did not look good another child was called in to receive the liver. We had to return home Saturday morning. Hopefully the next time we are called we will get our transplant and everything will be OK. I am going to send you the receipts for when we went in February and the receipts for this trip as soon as I have a minute to get everything together. I had to book flights back home Saturday morning with the airlines for me, Timmy, and Evonne I think they were around $150 per ticket they let Dylan ride in our lap. Call whenever I will have my phone charged by tomorrow. I just wanted to let you know it could happen anytime. We love you all and hope that Joanna is feeling better and that you are doing fine also. Carla and Family