JD Vance's 12-year-old relative refused a heart transplant because she hadn't been vaccinated

According to her parents, the 12-year-old Indiana girl linked to Vice President JD Vance is banned from spots on the heart transplant list as she has not been vaccinated against Covid-19 and the flu.

Adalin's deal was born with two unusual mental conditions that were distant relatives of VP by his half-brother marriage and that her family knew that one day they needed a transplant, her mother Janeen contract He told the Cincinnati Enquiler.

Adalin, who was adopted from China at the age of four, was treated at Cincinnati Children's Hospital for nearly a decade, and her parents wanted to have a transplant there.

However, the hospital has requested that transplant patients be vaccinated, and parents said they refused exemptions even if they were told they were contrary to their family's religious beliefs as nondenominational Christians.

“I thought it was amazing, so it's not about children. Janeen Deal told the newspaper about the hospital's decision to deny her daughter.

A mother who believes the vaccine is unsafe said she and her husband “have decided not to vaccinate Adalin against Covid 19 or the flu after the Holy Spirit put it in our hearts.” Ta.

Because these patients are much more vulnerable to infectious diseases, transplant recipients are recommended to vaccinate against preventable diseases.

Patients with severe illnesses like Adalin suffering from Ebstein's abnormalities and Wolf Palkinson-White syndrome are at a higher risk of death if they contract COVID compared to other patients, according to transplantation and Dr. Camille Cotton, clinical director of immunodeficiency, said she was hosted by an infectious disease at Massachusetts General Hospital.

“The first year after transplant is at the highest risk of infectious diseases, but there is a lifetime risk of severe disease, and transplant patients are still dying due to Covid-19,” Cotton said.

However, Janeen said her family, including 11 other children, is confident that post-transplant Covid-19 is fine.

“If that happens, I'll take it as much as I can,” Janine said. “But I know I put this (the vaccine) in her body and don't know what we know and how we feel about it.”

A Cincinnati Children's spokesman refused to confirm that Adalin was protected from the transplant list, but the hospital's clinical decisions are “guided by scientific research and best practices,” and the hospital's national He told the Encryor that he would follow guidelines from the Institute of Health.

“We will work with families to coordinate care plans for each patient to ensure the safest and most effective treatment,” spokesman Beau McMillan said.

Adaline's parents are hoping to use GoFundMe to raise more than $50,000 on Wednesday morning to take her to another transplant center where she doesn't need to be vaccinated.