Family Seeks Heart Transplant for Daughter, Funds to Cover Cost of Procedure

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If you ask 2-year-old Mallory Kate Hall why she’s spent the last two months at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, she will give you a straight answer.

She told WSB-TV that she needs a new heart. She would prefer that her new heart be pink.

Mallory’s parents, Jessica and Dustin, and her sister Madison don’t care what color Mallory’s new heart is, as long as that new heart saves her life.

WSB-TV reports that just ten days after Mallory was born, she contracted a virus which led to a condition known as dilated cardiomyopathy, which causes the heart muscles to become larger than normal but weaker as well.

Mallory’s heart, which is about the size of a full-grown adult’s, has been working hard for the past two years to supply blood to Mallory’s tiny body, but WSB-TV says it’s beginning to give out.

The rambunctious 2-year-old is now confined to the hospital and constantly attached to a feeding tube and a medicinal drip, which helps keep her heart working as best as it can. However, doctors told WSB-TV and the Hall family that Mallory’s best chance of survival is through a heart transplant.

“FollowHerHeart,” a Facebook page set up to provide support for Mallory and document her journey, says that she was placed on the heart transplant list on Sept. 5 of this year. As of Tuesday, no suitable donor hearts had been found for her.

In the meantime, the Halls are working together with the Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) to defray some of their current and anticipated medical bills. COTA says that the transplant is covered by the Halls’ insurance plan, but associated expenses may not be covered and could cost around $100,000.

COTA is accepting donations on behalf of the Hall family to cover the costs associated with the hoped-for transplant. So far, just under $50,000 of the required $100,000 has been collected.

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