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Hi, my name is Samantha. I am holding this LFEBridge for my daughter Madeline. When Madeline was 4 days old Madeline contracted Entero virus in the hospital which is a virus commonly seen in Europe, it is fatal in infants. The Entero virus ended up giving Maddy viral Meningitis which is of the Meninges in the brain, liver failure, myocarditis, viral sepsis, heart failure, and seizures. Maddy had to be flown from Buffalo, NY to Pittsburgh, PA for better extensive care. Presently Maddy stays in critical condition on various medications such as sedatives, blood pressure meds, seizure meds, heart meds, blood sugar meds and as well on an Ecmo machine that acts as her heart and lungs, it is helping take blood to her other organs. I am asking for donations to help support travel back and forth between Buffalo, NY to Pittsburgh, PA (4 hours) so we can be with our daughter in her time of need and for medical bills because our insurance is private and does not cover out of state medical procedures; Madeline is not expected to be discharged for months. Thank you all. Update on Madeline: Madeline isn’t a candidate for a mechanical heart like the Drs originally thought bc the high risk of mortality. The waitlist for a heart transplant is 6-8 months and patients only live for 15 years more what I was told. They are doing another trial run of taking the Ecmo machine down (which oxygenates the blood transports it back into the body and acts as the heart and lungs for her) the only thing with taking her off the second time off of the Ecmo machine is they may not be able to recanulate her and she does have the risk of dying without Ecmo bc her heart is still so sick. But the Drs told me that if anything goes wrong off Ecmo that they will do everything they can. Her cardiac enzymes were going back up and so were her liver. Her infection markers were slowly creeping back up. She is opening her eyes, they did switch her to a stronger med of morphine
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