North Alabama Infant Needs Heart Transplant | May 1, 2025 | News 19 at 10 p.m.
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[{'start': '7.439', 'end': '9.008', 'text': "PARENTS OF A MORGAN COUNTY   INPUT HAVE SPENT EVERY DAY OF   THEIR DAUGHTER'S LIFE.   >> BY HER SIDE IN A BIRMINGHAM   HOSPITAL AS SHE WAITS FOR   HEART TRANSPLANT NEWS   NINETEEN'S AND LIMOS ARE SPOKE   WITH THE FAMILY. NAMELY I CAN   ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE   GOING THROUGH. HOW ARE THEY   HOLDING UP?   >> WELL, TO ME, AND THAT'S   RIGHT. THE RAPE OR FAMILY HAS   SPENT MORE THAN 200 DAYS AT   CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA IN   BIRMINGHAM LITTLE LIVE. HE WAS   BORN IN OCTOBER AND HASN'T   LEFT THE HOSPITAL SINCE.   >> THESE ARE A MIRACLE. A   CHEESE. REALLY SHE WITH ME   HERE ON OUT SO SHE COULD HEAR   YOU WANT   >> DOCTORS HERE, MICAYLA CHRIS   WRAY FOR OUR ADORING PARENTS   TO I V.   >> AND ALMOST 7 MONTH-OLD   LITTLE GIRL. BUT THE FIRST 7   MONTHS OF HER LIFE HAVE BEEN   ANYTHING BUT NORMAL. SHE   CELEBRATED MILESTONES LIKE   REACHING 6 MONTHS OLD FROM A   HOSPITAL ROOM AT CHILDREN'S OF   ALABAMA TO FORM A GOOD BOOK   STANDS ON IRAN. RISE A LOT   SICKER THAN WHAT THEY WELL,   MICAELA WAS PREGNANT. THEY   QUICKLY LEARNED THAT IT HAD   HAD A ROW TAXI SYNDROME, A   RARE CONDITION WHERE ORGANS   ARE FORMED ABNORMALLY OR IN   THE WRONG POSITION LEADING TO   A CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT. NOW   IT IS SUPPORTED BY A   VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE.   LITTLE.   >> HOPE YOU HERE BUT LONG TERM   THEY   >> ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO HEART   TRANSPLANT TO SURVIVE. IT HAS   BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST FOR A   NEW HEART SINCE NOVEMBER. 20TH   AND HER PARENTS AREN'T GIVING   UP HOPE THEY THEY SAY EATING   NOW. WE'LL BUT HOPE DOESN'T   COME WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES.   QUIT MY AS A NURSE WORKING AT   HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL AND BUT I   DON'T COULD SAY THEY DO HERE   WITH HER FULL-TIME HIM. I   MEAN, IT'S HARD, BUT THERE'S   NO OTHER PLACE. I'D RATHER   MICAELA. AND CHRIS, I'M SAYING   MY IVEY SIGNED SINCE DAY ONE.   THE MORGAN COUNTY COUPLE SAYS   IT'S FELT THE SUPPORT FROM   FAMILY AND FRIENDS. BUT THERE   ARE ALSO WAYS THAT THE   COMMUNITY CAN RALLY BEHIND   THEM. ANYTHING AT ALL. WE'RE   GOING SEAGER DEMANDS FOR MONEY   OR THIS. AND THAT.   >> IF YOU COULD JUST SAY FAR.   >> A PRAYER.   >> THAT'S 9. IF YOU FEEL   INCLINED TO SEND SOMETHING   WITH T-SHIRTS THAT WOULD JUST   RECENTLY MULCH FOR A   FUNDRAISER, DO HAVE A GO FUND   ME. CAN WERE NOT ANY WAY   ASKING THE RAVER SAY THEY   COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER CARE   TEAM FOR IV WHILE SHE WAITS ON   HER TRANSPLANT. THE NURSES AND   THE DOCTORS THEY'RE FREE.   >> AND I I LOVE BOB LITTLE   FAVORITE. ONLY UNIFY WITH.   >> SHE SURPASSED A THOUGHT SHE   KNEW THEY TAKE CARE OF HER.   >> THE FAMILY SAYS THEY AREN'T   SURE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO   RECEIVE THAT TRANSPLANT DUE TO   IVY'S AGE. THERE AREN'T MANY"}]