McKenzie Support - 484-631-5360

McKenzie was born at May 13th, 2014 with CHD, HCM, and Pulmonary Stenosis. This page is for her support and prayers while we wait on her heart transplant

McKenzie was born on May 13th, 2014, at UNC Chapel Hill. She was born with a Congenital Heart Disease called Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) and pulmonary stenosis. At two months old she was diagnosed with Failure to thrive (FTT) and had a gastrostomy tube placed (G-Tube) to help her grow. Since having the g-tube placed we've been on an uphill battle to get McKenzie to continue to grow and put on weight. She's spent a lot of time in and out of the hospital. For the most part her heart has been stable despite being in a constant state of heart failure with the help of a beta-blocker called propranolol, which they believe is now possibly causing low blood sugars. We are now starting a new medicine called disopyramide to replace the propranolol to keep her heart stable. With McKenzie's heart condition there is no surgical fix, her only option to having a healthy heart with be a transplant. As of right now they are able to hold of on it until she grows. This page is to follow McKenzie's journey through all of her treatment and hospitalizations as well support and prayers for McKenzie.

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