Because Grace was born without a thymus (see previous blog post) her body does not produce T cells which fight against viral infections in her body. This means...
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The Beginning
Grace Giuliana was diagnosed with Tetrology of Fallot with pulmonary atresia before she was born. There was a possibility she could have 22q/DiGeorge Syndrome, but we chose to...
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As soon as Grace was diagnosed with complete DiGeorge syndrome, we knew that she would need a thymus transplant to survive. This surgery is very rare and only...
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Before Grace was even born, her family knew that she was going to require heart surgery. Her medical team was hopeful that the surgery could wait so that...
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Grace continued to have big victories and small setbacks, until finally over a month later on March 20th, 2019, Grace was able to fly home to Ohio! She...
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Gracie Taylor
Centerville, OH
Transplant Type: Thymus
Transplant Status: Transplanted
Goal: $100,000.00
Raised: $47,104 of $100,000 goal
Raised by 57 contributors