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this story is almost like the solomon story of the two women claiming the same child. interesting reading
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The parents of ailing, 10-day-old Lillian O'Connor say their daughter is a "fighter" who "really wants to make it," but a heart transplant is her only hope.
Lillian was born to Melanie Bernard and Kevin O'Connor of Stratford, P.E.I., on March 9. Her heart has a hole in it, and she suffers from a condition called truncus arteriosus, which leaves her blood short on oxygen.
Doctors treating her at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto said she needs a heart transplant within weeks if she is to survive.
Surgery on her heart will not fix all of her problems, said O'Connor told CBC News.
"She has — I keep saying weeks, but she's already over one week old — so the clock truly is ticking," he said Thursday, speaking from Toronto. "The transplant is her only hope and option at this point."
The baby is breathing on her own in the intensive care unit of the Hospital for Sick Children. The hospital's transplant centre said it is looking for a heart through transplant programs around North America.
O'Connor said his daughter, who weighs 3.2 kilograms and has a heart the size of a walnut, "can only accept a heart from another 3.2 kilogram baby, but … the longer she's around the bigger she gets."
"So that means the bigger the heart that she can accept gets," he said.
Problems detected 6 months into pregnancy
Bernard said her baby's problems were initially spotted six months into pregnancy. She said doctors thought Lillian may have been stillborn, as the womb "was the safest place [for the baby] to be."
"You can tell that she really wants to make it, because … she didn't want to come out," Bernard said.
should they pull the plug to save another child?
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The parents of ailing, 10-day-old Lillian O'Connor say their daughter is a "fighter" who "really wants to make it," but a heart transplant is her only hope.
Lillian was born to Melanie Bernard and Kevin O'Connor of Stratford, P.E.I., on March 9. Her heart has a hole in it, and she suffers from a condition called truncus arteriosus, which leaves her blood short on oxygen.
Doctors treating her at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto said she needs a heart transplant within weeks if she is to survive.
Surgery on her heart will not fix all of her problems, said O'Connor told CBC News.
"She has — I keep saying weeks, but she's already over one week old — so the clock truly is ticking," he said Thursday, speaking from Toronto. "The transplant is her only hope and option at this point."
The baby is breathing on her own in the intensive care unit of the Hospital for Sick Children. The hospital's transplant centre said it is looking for a heart through transplant programs around North America.
O'Connor said his daughter, who weighs 3.2 kilograms and has a heart the size of a walnut, "can only accept a heart from another 3.2 kilogram baby, but … the longer she's around the bigger she gets."
"So that means the bigger the heart that she can accept gets," he said.
Problems detected 6 months into pregnancy
Bernard said her baby's problems were initially spotted six months into pregnancy. She said doctors thought Lillian may have been stillborn, as the womb "was the safest place [for the baby] to be."
"You can tell that she really wants to make it, because … she didn't want to come out," Bernard said.
should they pull the plug to save another child?
why unno noh post di pictures?
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