Zander Liotto

The moment my grandson, Zander was born all of our lives changed in so many ways.

A beautiful little blonde haired blue eyed baby that brought so much happiness the second we laid eyes on him.

Zander was the epitome of all things little boy. He loved to play with his squishy cars, monster trucks, rocks, sticks…anything outdoors was his thing. We took him to our camp in the swamp when he turned a year old and he spent countless days out there with us. He adored his momma. He loved her so much. Just cuddling with her made his day. He was daddy’s little boy and loved to do everything daddy did.

On June 16 2019 (Father’s Day) we got the call that there had been a terrible accident. We raced to Our Lady of the Lake hospital in Baton Rouge, we spent the next two days literally taking over the halls and waiting rooms of the 3rd floor. The amount of family and friends there with us praying was astounding.

On June 18 the devastating news came from the doctors that Zander was brain dead and would not recover.
How could this be? How could God take such a precious soul from us? How would we go on with out him?

The LOPA personnel came to talk to us about organ donation, we all agreed that in our loss maybe we could help save another. The next two days were spent with an amazing team of LOPA doctors and nurses, on June 20 we watched in tears as the doctors took Zander to surgery.

In death a small hero was born.

We are so thankful for the care and compassion our family received from LOPA, the nurses and doctors at OLOL. We are even more thankful knowing that our sweet child has been able to save others.