Mother, daughter need heart transplants

LOS ANGELES, July 19 (UPI) -- Madalyn Baynes is home from UCLA's Mattel Children's Hospital in Los Angeles after a heart transplant, but her mother needs a new heart.

In a rare occurrence, both mother and daughter needed heart transplants at the same time, the Los Angeles Daily News reported.

BizVantage – Serious & personalized business, investment and technology intelligence for a serious advantage.
Try the free, no-hassle 6 month trial!

Doctors believe a virus caused Andrea Baynes' heart to enlarge, leading to cardiomyopathy, or heart failure. The virus may have been transmitted from mother to child during her pregnancy.

The 10-month-old baby girl waited 10 weeks for a donor match and is now doing well two weeks after the transplant.

Her 30-year-old mother may have to wait two or three years for a donor heart but is stable enough to wait at home and is doing well on drug therapy, according to her doctors.

She has a defibrillator implanted in her chest to keep her heart functioning.