Last year, Adebisi was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, which is a condition that makes it harder for the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body.
Temi Adebisi has spent a full year waiting for a new heart, and the pump that keeps her alive also keeps her tethered to the hospital.MINNEAPOLIS — Five-year-old Temi Adebisi's room for the past 365 days is packed with so many toys, stuffed animals, balloons, artwork that it can be easy to forget that it actually exists within hospital room.After feeling very sick at this time last year, Temi's parents took her to the Children's Minnesota Emergency Room.
"They did not know if she was going to make it the next 48 hours," said Temi's mom, Toyin Adebisi."That was the worst day of my life. I do not pray for that day for my enemy." Temi's parents say her health quickly improved after the surgery, but over the next few months, the reality of being tethered to a machine that can only be unplugged for 20 minutes at a time, took a different kind of toll on her little heart.
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