Georgetown toddler, 3, in need of a kidney
Cape Gazette | Nick Roth
Courtesy of: Taylor BurdenThree-year-old Jordyn Maddox is shown with her mother Taylor Burden during her recent stay in a Philadelphia hospital.
PHILADELPHIA â€" Three-year-old Jordyn Maddox is fighting for her life in a Philadelphia hospital while her family does everything it can to make sure she survives to live a long, full life.
Jordyn suffers from autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease and is in immediate need of a kidney transplant. Jordyn has beaten the odds since the beginning, and her family and friends are hoping that luck continues.
“She is very loving, very sweet and also very feisty,†said Jordyn's mother Taylor Burden, a Georgetown resident. “She's also very intelligent for her age just because of everything she's going through.â€
While Burden was pregnant, it was discovered that Jordyn developed the life threatening disease that often results in death before birth. Doctors told Burden that if Jordyn survived birth, she might not live long afterward. But now three years later, Jordyn is still fighting.
She's had one kidney removed to make room for the rest of her body to develop, and she received dialysis every night at home. But recently, Jordyn was admitted to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with an infection, and it was determined the dialysis no longer worked. Doctors have now begun hemodialysis, considered as the final step outside of a kidney transplant.
PHILADELPHIA â€" Three-year-old Jordyn Maddox is fighting for her life in a Philadelphia hospital while her family does everything it can to make sure she survives to live a long, full life.
Jordyn suffers from autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease and is in immediate need of a kidney transplant. Jordyn has beaten the odds since the beginning, and her family and friends are hoping that luck continues.
“She is very loving, very sweet and also very feisty,†said Jordyn's mother Taylor Burden, a Georgetown resident. “She's also very intelligent for her age just because of everything she's going through.â€
While Burden was pregnant, it was discovered that Jordyn developed the life threatening disease that often results in death before birth. Doctors told Burden that if Jordyn survived birth, she might not live long afterward. But now three years later, Jordyn is still fighting.
She's had one kidney removed to make room for the rest of her body to develop, and she received dialysis every night at home. But recently, Jordyn was admitted to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with an infection, and it was determined the dialysis no longer worked. Doctors have now begun hemodialysis, considered as the final step outside of a kidney transplant.
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