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Fighting T Cells

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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The Thymus

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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The First Heart Surgery

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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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