A Cincinnati, Ohio, mother has been fighting for almost three years for her toddler’s life.
When her baby, Aubrie Shears, was only 3 months old, she was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy and had a heart transplant before she was even half a year old.
Now, Aubrie is in desperate need of her second transplant, and according to her mother, Mariah Morrow, if she does not receive it she will only live for a few more months, reports WLWT 5.
The mother believes that sharing her child’s story will make a difference in the family’s plight.
“We luckily got a heart within a month. That was a miracle within itself,” Morrow told the local station, explaining that the child was fortunate to have responded exceptionally well. However, in 2023, the family’s worst nightmares returned.
“Then January of this year, she was at her dad’s house, and I got a call at like 3 in the morning and he said, she’s not breathing,” the mom said.
The toddler had to be hospitalized and placed on life support. After learning how to walk again and achieve some degree of normalcy, in May she had another disappointment. Aubrie went into cardiac arrest during her biopsy appointment.
The mom said, “I just felt like it was different. And this time it was worse. You know, they said that she needs a new heart at this point and she wouldn’t be viable to get a transplant until March of 2024. They don’t know if she’ll make it until then.”
