Local Infant’s Mother In Need Of Donations For Travel Expenses For Infant’s Upcoming Heart Surgery

Kyle Wesley Moore is two months old and suffers from a heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Baby Kyle is in desperate need of his fifth heart surgery and his mother, Britt Herring, is doing all she can to help save his precious little life. With Kyle's upcoming and fifth surgery quickly approaching, Britt is looking for help with travel expenses, being that she is not able to reside where Baby Kyle is currently being treated. Here is what she has to say:

This is my son Kyle Wesley Moore. He was born April 8th, 2015. Kyle was very small while I was pregnant with him. My OBGYN doctor became very concerned about this situation. So he sent me to LSU in Shreveport for further testing to figure out why Kyle was so small. I went to LSU and that is the day I got the worst news of my life. My son has a major heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. This is where the left side of Kyle’s heart did not develop all the way. He has the left side of his heart, however it’s very small and underdeveloped. Being that his left side is so small, his blood doesn’t circulate through his heart as yours or mine would. This calls for 3 MAJOR heart surgeries. Kyle has been threw 4 surgeries as of today. NONE of them being the main heart surgery he needs. His first surgery was to place what’s called a central line, which is a more reliable IV placement line that went through the inside of his neck and straight to his heart, so he could get thus medicine called Prostin. The next surgery he got was to take that IV line out for replacement because the surgeon that placed the central IV line placed it in the wrong spot. The next surgery Kyle went in for was to place a balloon in the vessel of his heart that HAS to remain open while waiting on the first major heart surgery, or Kyle’s heart would not function at all! The last surgery that has been performed on Kyle was what’s called a partial hybrid. This is where they go into Kyle’s heart and place band around his pulmonary arteries of his heart. This needed to be done to be able to control how much blood flow was going to Kyle’s lungs. Kyle was getting ENTIRELY too much blood to his lungs which would have been life threatening if it wasn’t for the surgical procedure the doctors performed on Kyle. Kyle has to remain in New Orleans at Children’s Hospital to receive proper care he needs. Children’s is the ONLY hospital in Louisiana that performs heart surgeries on infants. I live about 5-6 hours away from New Orleans where my one and a half month old son is receiving his care. I’m asking for donations because I, as Kyle’s mother want to be there for his main major heart surgery called the Norwood. This open heart surgery is about 7-8 hours long. Kyle will be getting this surgery soon. We hope sooner rather than later. Kyle was 4 pounds and 13 ounces when he was born. In order to do the Norwood he has to be at a certain weight before they can do the surgery just so he is stronger and his body will be able to tolerate this procedure better. I have shirts for sale which ends on June 13, 2015. The shirts have Kyle Wesley Moore on it with a picture of a heart that says the little heart that could. If you would like to buy a shirt you can go to www.booster.com/kylemoore. Also, if you would like to donate to gofundme you can go to http://www.gofundme.com/uy2a3p8.