TORONTO – A seriously ill child who defied death a year ago after her parents had offered her heart to another infant is on life-support in a Toronto hospital.
Kaylee Vitelli is on a respirator after experiencing severe seizures while on a walk with her mom on Tuesday evening.
A family spokesman says the family has been told to prepare for the worst.
Kaylee captured national attention last April when her parents – fearing their first-born would soon die of a rare genetic condition – offered her heart for transplant.
Against all odds, Kaylee rallied and became well enough to go home with her parents a few weeks later.
Kaylee suffers from Joubert syndrome, a malformation of the brain and brain stem accompanied by frequently interrupted breathing.
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