Maddie's wait for a new heart to save her life Local girl among many on transplant list
Sunday, June 24, 2007
BY TRACY DAVIS
News Staff Reporter Madeline Shaw's days begin like those of most 3-year-olds.
She wakes. She sees her mother's smiling face. She has breakfast - perhaps Cheerios or her reliable mealtime favorite, cream of chicken soup. She watches a video of the animated "Backyardigans'' on her television.
The similarities end when a nurse whooshes through the door. She's arrived to change the dressing over an opening in Maddie's abdomen. It's the portal that connects Maddie to a fist-sized device that keeps her heart pumping.
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