Adalin Diel, a 12-year-old Indiana girl and distant relative of Vice President JD Vance, reportedly refused a heart transplant because she was not vaccinated against Covid-19 and the flu. Her parents said Adalin was born with two rare heart conditions: Ebstein's abnormalities and Wolf-Pulkinson-White syndrome. She has been treated at Cincinnati Children's Hospital for nearly a decade, hoping to eventually get a heart transplant there. However, the hospital refuses to put her on the transplant list. This is because it requires vaccination for all transplant patients.
Her mother, Janeen Deal, told the Cincinnati Enquirer that the hospital insisted on vaccination despite family objections based on religious beliefs as a secular Christian.
“I thought it was amazing. So it's not about children. It's not about saving her life,” Janeen told the newspaper.
The family said, “After the Holy Spirit put it in our hearts, we decided not to vaccinate Adalin against Covid 19 or the flu.
The GoFundMe campaign has started
a GOFUNDME Campaign Over $50,000 was raised Wednesday morning, when it was launched for the Adaline port. This page shares that Adalin was adopted from China.
“She was born with Ebstein's abnormality and Wolf Palkinson-White syndrome. Both are heart conditions. When we were in the process of adopting her, the adoption agency told us that we needed to choose another child because her heart was so bad that she wasn't going to make it. We continued to support Addalin and allow her to stay in foster care, but shortly after we got home with the other adopted children, the agency stopped stealing the funds from our account. So we thought she had passed away,” the page reads.
“We started the second process to recruit from China. Her little face appeared in children who needed to adopt. So we knew it was time to bring her home. She's excellent despite her sick mind. She's been in and out of Cincinnati Children's Hospital since we brought her home. She's grown so much that her heart can't keep her up now. She's now until she needs a heart transplant. So we're looking for funds for the heart transplant process.”
Do transplant recipients need to be vaccinated?
Dr. Camille Cotton, clinical director of transplantation and immunodeficient host infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, explained to the Cincinnati Enquiler that patients with severe illnesses are at a significantly higher risk of death from infectious diseases such as Covid-19.
“The first year after transplants is at the highest risk of infection, but there is a lifetime risk of severe illness, and transplant patients are still dying due to Covid-19,” Cotton told the newspaper.
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