{"id":300748,"date":"2023-10-27T14:40:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T19:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=300748"},"modified":"2023-11-01T22:15:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T03:15:41","slug":"mom-fights-baby-life-limiting-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mom-fights-baby-life-limiting-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom fights for baby with life-limiting diagnosis, who is now thriving: ‘I didn’t think twice’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Florida mom Andi Mahoney was 20 weeks pregnant, she was given devastating news: her preborn daughter, Emmie, had a condition called <\/span>bilateral renal agenesis<\/span><\/a>. The condition meant Emmie<\/span> didn\u2019t have kidneys \u2014 and therefore, doctors said, had no chance of surviving past birth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s universally fatal,\u201d Mahoney told <\/span>11 Alive<\/span><\/a>. \u201cSo, we grieved. We thought we were losing our baby, and we were told that there’s no hope<\/span>.<\/span><\/i>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the life-limiting diagnosis, Mahoney refused to accept that nothing could be done. She began searching for a specialist willing to help her and her daughter, a process she said took weeks. Eventually, she found <\/span>Dr. Ruben Quintero with the Fetal Institute in Miami, a six-hour drive from her Jacksonville home. Mahoney began traveling to see Quintero for infusions of fluids that would increase the chance of Emmie\u2019s survival.<\/span><\/p>\n