LOSS OF SWEET ANGEL LEAVES HUGE VOID.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
Goodnight, sweetheart. You touched the hearts of so many people in this community during the short time you were with us, Maddie. You were our little fighter - the baby with a new heart, waiting for her mom to get a new heart, too. We were all rooting for you, honey. We all wanted a happy ending for your story - for you to stay healthy, for a successful heart transplant heart transplant Procedure to remove a diseased heart and replace it with a healthy one from a legally dead donor. The first was performed in 1967 by Christiaan Barnard. for your mom, Andrea Baynes, and for a long, beautiful life for both of you. But the ending has turned out sad - so sad. Your death Saturday, just a week shy of your second birthday, has left a large ache in the heart of this community. You were doing so great on the first anniversary of your heart transplant. Your mom and dad threw a big party. Everyone was so happy, so grateful. Now, you're gone. On Monday, your mom called you a gift - a little angel sent down from heaven to help convince people to open their hearts and minds to the value of organ donations - of giving life to others. ``I know it's why she was sent to us,'' said Andrea, who has a defibrillator defibrillator, device that delivers an electrical shock to the heart in order to stop certain forms of rapid heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias). The shock changes a fibrillation to an organized rhythm or changes a very rapid and ineffective cardiac rhythm to a implanted in her chest to keep her heart functioning until a donor is found. Doctors believe that a virus enlarged Andrea's heart during her pregnancy with Maddie, causing cardiomyopathy Cardiomyopathy Definition Cardiomyopathy is a chronic disease of the heart muscle (myocardium), in which the muscle is abnormally enlarged, thickened, and/or stiffened. - heart failure - in both of them. Your mom was crying when she called you a little angel, Maddie. So was your dad, Ken, and your 5-year-old brother, Brandon. These last two years - watching you get so sick, then better after your transplant - has been an emotional roller coaster that's taken its toll on the whole family. They still don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what happened; an autopsy will determine that. But this is what they do know. Your donor heart had a mild rejection last week, and the doctors put you back on medications you didn't like. They tasted bad and made you feel sick to your stomach. That's what happened Saturday. Your mom said she was getting you ready to go to UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. for some tests when you got sick to your stomach and threw up after drinking some milk. She was giving you a bath to clean you up when she says you looked up at her, your eyes rolled back, and you fell to one side. She quickly grabbed you from the tub, cradled you in her arms, and began begging - crying - for you not to go. Your brother ran next door to get some help, and neighbor David Theroux began giving you CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac and wouldn't stop until the paramedics arrived. You were rushed to Simi Valley Hospital Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) is a Seventh-day Adventist hospital located located in Simi Valley, California. SVH is a member of Adventist Health. New Construction Simi Valley Hospital is in the process of building a new wing to the hospital. , where the doctors and nurses, who all knew and loved you, worked feverishly to save your life. But it was too late. The heart given to you from a little girl in Oregon who had died had stopped beating. Maddie Baynes, the little angel sent from heaven to help people open their hearts and minds to the value of organ donations, went home. ``Our family was blessed to have this beautiful gift,'' her mom says. We were all blessed. Goodnight, sweetheart. Visitation will be 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Crawford Mortuary, 8717 Tampa Ave., Northridge. A service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Northridge United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). , 9650 Reseda Blvd., with burial following at Oakwood Memorial Park, 22601 Lassen St., Chatsworth. Also, a beneficiary account has been set up at Washington Mutual to help defray de·fray tr.v. de·frayed, de·fray·ing, de·frays To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses); pay. [French défrayer, from Old French desfrayer : des-, the medical and funeral costs for Maddie. Contact any branch office for information on donating to the Madalyn Grace Baynes Beneficiary Account. For more information on the organ donation program at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , go online to www.healthcare.ucla.udu/transplant. Dennis McCarthy, (818) 713-3749 dennis.mccarthy(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Maddie Baynes, a heart transplant recipient a year ago, died Saturday just a week shy of her second birthday. Her mother, Andrea Baynes, is still waiting for a donor heart. Doctors believe Andrea Baynes had a virus during her pregnancy that resulted in heart failure for both mother and daughter. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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