Credit: UAB News
Crystal and James Burford of Trussville, Alabama, are awaiting the birth of their son, Jeremiah James Burford. UAB physicians determined during an ultrasound that Baby Jeremiah will be born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which means the left chamber of the baby's heart will not function. Jeremiah will have to undergo a series of operations to enable his heart to pump blood properly throughout the body, and he will eventually need a transplant.