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Nevertheless, her tiny chest, lined in massive bandages heaves up and down with all of the may she will muster. Quite a few tubes related to her little physique not solely give her the vitamin she wants, however retains all of the machines round her beeping and buzzing.

Child Grace is something however typical. She is and can at all times be a coronary heart child.

The daughter of Gerard and Brittany Johnson of Garfield, Grace was born Nov. 16, 2019 at Alomere Well being in Alexandria by way of an emergency C-section. Grace was the couple’s third baby. In addition they have two boys, Gauge, 5, and Noah, 4.

Whereas standing watch over their child, who was peacefully sleeping in her crib on the College of Minnesota Youngsters’s Masonic Hospital in Minneapolis final Sunday, Gerard and Brittany recalled their daughter’s terrifying three-month journey to date.



Gerard, Brittany, Gauge and Noah Johnson supporting Baby Grace with their "Amazing Grace" T-shirts. (Contributed)

Gerard, Brittany, Gauge and Noah Johnson supporting Child Grace with their “Wonderful Grace” T-shirts. (Contributed)

Brittany’s first two pregnancies had been uneventful, and far of her being pregnant with Grace was the identical – till the top. Brittany ended up getting sick, actually sick, the week earlier than Grace was born. A viral an infection left her with a fever of 106 levels. When Brittany awoke on that Saturday, Nov. 16, the newborn wasn’t shifting. She was 36 weeks alongside and every thing as much as that time had been going rather well.

Gerard was within the deer stand when Brittany informed him what was occurring and that she was going to the emergency room to get checked out. He began making his approach to the hospital.

“We weren’t actually certain what the state of affairs was,” mentioned Gerard. “However I knew I wanted to be there.”

Within the emergency room that chilly November day, Brittany realized that Grace was breech, that means she was located backwards in her mom’s womb, and that she was not doing properly. An emergency C-section was ordered. Gerard made it to the hospital in time and was there when Grace was born.

Their daughter, who weighed in at 7 kilos, Eight ounces, was instantly taken from them as a result of she needed to be resuscitated. Her coronary heart had stopped. She was handled with many kinds of antibiotics as a result of the reason for her issues was unknown.

A spinal faucet lastly supplied the medical doctors – and the Johnsons – with solutions. Grace had enterovirus meningitis. By that point, Grace had been rushed by ambulance to the St. Cloud Hospital as a result of her platelet rely ranges had been slowly declining and he or she was deteriorating. She spent a couple of days there and it appeared that her well being was lastly on the mend.

Round 6 a.m. on Nov. 27, nonetheless, the Johnsons obtained a cellphone name neither was anticipating. They had been requested in the event that they needed to have Grace baptized instantly. Her well being took a flip for the more severe and he or she stop respiratory. She wanted to be positioned on an ECMO machine, which mainly replaces the operate of the center and lungs.

Grace was flown by LifeLink III air ambulance to the U of M Youngsters’s Hospital, the place she wanted speedy life-saving surgical procedures and was placed on life help. The virus was attacking her little new child coronary heart.

“We had been in a trance,” mentioned Brittany. “I don’t suppose we mentioned one phrase to one another on the drive all the way down to the Cities. We had been each so numb.”

“It was a reasonably hard-core deal, a troublesome sight to see,” mentioned Gerard of once they lastly obtained to see Grace. “She swelled up and didn’t even seem like a child at that time.”

Grace was on the ECMO machine for about six days. Her coronary heart was not doing properly. The medical doctors had been attempting to get the an infection out of her physique, but it surely had already accomplished an excessive amount of harm.

For the subsequent two months, Grace would get higher in the future after which worse the subsequent.

She needed to be intubated quite a few instances.

“It was only a battle,” mentioned Brittany. “We so hoped her coronary heart would get higher.”
The couple remembers the second when the intubation tubes had been faraway from their daughter and so they truly heard her cry for the primary time. It was – and nonetheless is – a really valuable sound to them and one they don’t get to listen to as typically as most new mother and father.

At instances, it nonetheless seems like November to them. They each mentioned time appears to face nonetheless. Their two boys have solely seen their sister twice since she was born.

As a result of Grace’s coronary heart wasn’t therapeutic, she wanted a coronary heart transplant. However by the top of December, they had been working out of choices as a result of a coronary heart had but to turn into obtainable.

Baby Grace Johnson surrounded by all the machines that help to keep her alive. (Contributed)

Child Grace Johnson surrounded by all of the machines that assist to maintain her alive. (Contributed)

On Jan. 8, the Johnsons made the troublesome determination to go together with a mechanical coronary heart, known as the Berlin coronary heart.

In response to Dr. Rebecca Ameduri, a pediatric heart specialist with M Well being Fairview, the Berlin coronary heart is a pediatric ventricular help gadget that helps help a toddler till an acceptable donor organ turns into obtainable for transplant.

Solely a handful of pediatric sufferers annually on the U of M Masonic Youngsters’s Hospital, which is a part of M Well being Fairview, obtain Berlin hearts or one other sort of pediatric ventricular help gadget. Ameduri mentioned that nationally, round 30 % of pediatric coronary heart transplant recipients are bridged to transplant with units such because the Berlin coronary heart.

Seven days after receiving the Berlin coronary heart, there have been issues and a big clot was forming that posed much more dangers to Grace’s well being. The couple knew the Berlin coronary heart wasn’t going to work long run and the best choice was a coronary heart transplant.

At 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 24, Brittany was introduced right into a convention room. Gerard was again in Alexandria with the boys. The 2 mother and father typically break up their time between the hospital and residential. She was informed a coronary heart was presumably obtainable for Grace. The guts wasn’t good, however with the suitable particular person it could be an ideal match. The guts was greater than Grace was at that time, but it surely was a viable choice.

Baby Grace Johnson resting comfortably on her mom, Brittany's, lap after her second Berlin heart was put in. (Contributed)

Child Grace Johnson resting comfortably on her mother, Brittany’s, lap after her second Berlin coronary heart was put in. (Contributed)

The couple determined to simply accept the brand new coronary heart for his or her daughter. At that time, Grace had a second Berlin coronary heart put in as a result of the primary one brought about the clotting. Brittney and Gerard knew the dangers of the Berlin coronary heart far outweighed the dangers of the brand new coronary heart.

By 11:30 p.m., their daughter was being wheeled in for her coronary heart transplant surgical procedure. At 1:30 a.m., the center had not but arrived. Lastly, at 3:30 a.m. the center was there and had been transplanted into their daughter.

The Pediatric Coronary heart Middle on the hospital the place Grace is at is likely one of the high within the nation. It sometimes performs 5-10 pediatric coronary heart transplants annually.

It had a report month in January, efficiently finishing 5 coronary heart transplants in 20 days.

On Valentine’s Day, Grace’s new coronary heart can have been beating inside her for 21 days. There are nonetheless loads of dangers, and one other transplant down the street shouldn’t be out of the query.

“As soon as a coronary heart child, at all times a coronary heart child,” mentioned Gerard, who was holding the almost two-inch handbook for coronary heart transplant recipients. “She can be on meds the remainder of her life. The street forward is terrifying.”

Brittany and Gerard defined that Grace will seemingly by no means go to a petting zoo, won’t ever have any stay vaccines, reminiscent of her MMR vaccination, and can by no means be capable of have kids due to all of the unwanted side effects of the drugs.

“This can be a life-long battle and he or she can be out and in of hospitals for the remainder of her life,” Gerard mentioned.

Brittany mentioned it’s so unhappy how the virus robbed them and their child of a traditional life and the way it destroyed their daughter’s coronary heart. She mentioned it was in all probability a one in one million probability {that a} virus like that, just like a summer time chilly, obtained to her child.

“How does it occur that you just go from, ‘Honey, I don’t really feel good,’ to your daughter having a coronary heart transplant and your entire lives change?” Gerard requested. “That is now our life. It modified our complete lives. It’s been a wild trip.”

Brittany mentioned Grace has good days and dangerous days and that each time the cellphone rings, their hearts sink just a bit bit. However they’re each grateful for his or her mother and father and different household and associates who’ve been there to assist with the boys when wanted.

And they’re most grateful that Grace is continuous on her journey and that within the months to return, her coronary heart can be sturdy sufficient that she’s going to be capable of come residence.

Gerard and Brittany began a Facebook page to catalog their daughter’s journey and invite individuals to observe alongside. Her web page is named Wonderful Grace. A GoFundMe page has additionally been arrange.

A group pancake feed fundraiser for the Johnsons will happen on Sunday, March Eight from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Leaf Valley City Corridor. Free-will donations can be accepted and there can be a silent public sale. All funds will go to the household to pay for medical payments.

An account has been arrange at Viking Financial institution in Alexandria and donations may be despatched on to the financial institution at: Viking Financial institution, ℅ Grace Johnson, 4277 Dakota St., Alexandria, MN 56308.

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