Florida Child Injury Law Blog

Image from the Tampa Tribune

In a recent benefit for a baby who is awaiting a heart transplant, family and friends gathered around to help Baby Ava out. Nicole and Jeff Snyder the father and mother of the baby,  call her their Christmas miracle.

According to coverage by the Tampa Tribune, Ava, who was born on Aug. 12, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a disease in which the heart is enlarged and does not pump blood properly. She is staying at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, where she awaits a heart transplant.  With the help of medication, baby Ava might be able to come home without the heart transplant, but will have to remain on medication for the rest of her life.

AVA’S HEART FUND

As stated in the article,  donations to the Ava Snyder fund, may be made by check to the school, in care of Claudia Smith, Claywell Elementary, 4500 Northdale Blvd., Tampa FL 33624. Checks should be written to Ava Snyder. The school’s phone number is (813) 975-7300.