An Indiana family said their 12-year-old daughter was unable to be placed on a list to receive a heart transplant due to her unvaccinated status, The Enquirer reported. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital required that their daughter, Adaline, receive the COVID-19 and flu vaccines.
Adaline was adopted from China at the age of 4. She was born with two heart conditions and had been receiving treatment at the hospitals for nearly a decade.
Despite the family informing the hospital that the vaccines conflicted with their religious beliefs, the hospital did not honor a religious exemption. The family decided against the vaccines after “the Holy Spirit put it on our hearts.”
The mother, Janeen, told The Enquirer that the hospital’s vaccine requirement led her to believe “it’s not about the kid. It’s not about saving her life.” The family is now considering a transplant center that does not require vaccines.
According to the family’s GoFundMe page, Adaline was born with Ebstein’s anomaly and Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.
“When we were in the process of adopting her, the adoption agency told us we needed to pick another child because her heart was so bad she wasn’t going to make it. We continued to support Adaline so she could stay in a foster home, but shortly after we arrived home with our other adopted child, the agency stopped taking the funds out of our account. So, we thought she had passed away,” the GoFundMe explains. “We started the process a second time to adopt from China, and we saw her little face pop up on the children needing to be adopted. So, we knew it was time to bring her home. She has excelled despite her sick heart. Since we have brought her home, she’s been in and out of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. She has grown so much that now her heart can’t sustain her. She is now to the point where she will be needing a heart transplant. So, we are seeking funds for the heart transplant process.”
The family has raised more than $50,000 to support Adaline.
