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1934 - Bouquet Canyon Reservoir, replacement for ill-fated St. Francis Dam & reservoir, begins to fill with water [story]
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For 3-month-old Brooklyn Hernandez, the odds are uncertain.

She might lose part of her right lung, or she could lose her entire right lung.

“I didn’t even know you could live with one lung until now,” said her mother, Tiffany Hernandez. “If the surgeon can leave a piece of the right side in, it’s better than nothing at all.”

The condition affecting Brooklyn is known as Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation, or CCAM.

three-month-old-may-lose-part-lung-family-asks-help-42524-2One in 25,000 babies suffers from a rare lung condition in which a mass of abnormal lung tissue causes difficulty breathing, among other problems.

“She has one very large cyst encasing her entire right lower lobe of her lung,” said Tiffany Hernandez. “She will need to have the lobe removed, hopefully just that part.”

Brooklyn Hernandez was born March 20 to Valencia residents Tiffany and Mike Hernandez.

When she was born, the doctors at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills “had no idea what the problem even was,” said Tiffany Hernandez. “She collapsed a lung and had all sorts of problems.”

Brooklyn Hernandez stayed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for two weeks after she was born, Tiffany Hernandez said.

Her father, Mike, who works in the parts department for a Honda dealership in Hollywood, used all of his sick and vacation days during the weeks Brooklyn Hernandez was in the hospital.

“She will have most of her right lung taken out in September (when she is 6 months old),” said Tiffany Hernandez. “It’s very stressful and very scary, the fear of the unknown. She’ll be in the hospital for up to two weeks.”

The mother said she was scared to ask doctors of the total cost for the surgery and hospital stay, fearing the added expense.

Now the Hernandez family, including Brooklyn Hernandez’s siblings Jordan Hernandez, 10, Hailey Hernandez, 8, and Peyton Hernandez, 6, are asking for help from the Santa Clarita community.

The Hernandez family is hosting a garage sale at their home at 25449 Via Heraldo in Valencia on Saturday from 7 a.m. through about noon or 1 p.m.

The family also has a GoFundMe account, for more information, click here.

All of the proceeds are raise funds for Brooklyn Hernandez’s surgery in September and to help pay for the bills, gas and food for the family.

three-month-old-may-lose-part-lung-family-asks-help-42524-1“I would say we have had maybe 50 people donate stuff for the garage sale,” said Tiffany Hernandez. “You would just die if you saw my garage. There’s TVs, cables, exercise equipment, a bed, household stuff, toys, clothes, couches. It’s great. I appreciate it so much.”

There will be a bake sale and children’s jewelry by 7 Thirty Jewels & Hair Xccessories at the garage sale.

“Most importantly, we need all the prayers we can get as this is very unchartered territory,” said Tiffany Hernandez.

The Hernandezes turn to their religion support, Tiffany said, being members of The Church On The Way for three years.

“It’s brings everyone together, the power of prayer,” said Tiffany Hernandez. “We’re on their prayer list. Pastor Gary Howse is one of the main prayer leaders and is going to come to the hospital and pray with Brooklyn before she goes under in September.”

Tiffany Hernandez has yet to find another family who has dealt with this condition before, hoping for some comfort and more knowledge about the condition, she said.

“As scary as it is, we just have to hope that everything will be okay,” said Tiffany Hernandez. “It has been an amazing support system but it doesn’t make it any less scary, it just gives us people to talk to and rely on.”

For more information, visit the Brooklyn’s Prayer Warriors Facebook page.

 

– Jessica Boyer

 

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42 Comments

  1. She is a little cutie.

  2. She is a little cutie.

  3. Prayers for this sweet family.

  4. Prayers for this sweet family.

  5. beautiful baby girl. Praying for a complete recovery and a long, healthy life for this sweetie. I have a bunch of clothing that I can donate to the garage sale if I can contact her.

  6. beautiful baby girl. Praying for a complete recovery and a long, healthy life for this sweetie. I have a bunch of clothing that I can donate to the garage sale if I can contact her.

  7. Debbie Heys Debbie Heys says:

    Sending out prayers for this beautiful little girl.

  8. Debbie Heys Debbie Heys says:

    Sending out prayers for this beautiful little girl.

  9. Sweet B!!! I’m so thrilled y’all are sharing her story!

  10. Sweet B!!! I’m so thrilled y’all are sharing her story!

  11. Susi Veltri Susi Veltri says:

    Prayers for this beautiful girl! My grandmother actually lived with 1-1/2 lungs. She had part of a lung removed due to cancer and lived into her 70’s.

  12. Susi Veltri Susi Veltri says:

    Prayers for this beautiful girl! My grandmother actually lived with 1-1/2 lungs. She had part of a lung removed due to cancer and lived into her 70’s.

  13. The new pope has only one lung. But I wish that child the best I have a little 4 year old who I love and cherish and glad she is healthy and happy. So I could not imagine what this mother is going through. I hope they save her so she can grow up and make that family whole and happy.

  14. The new pope has only one lung. But I wish that child the best I have a little 4 year old who I love and cherish and glad she is healthy and happy. So I could not imagine what this mother is going through. I hope they save her so she can grow up and make that family whole and happy.

  15. Prayers for the family. .

  16. Too adorable! Will be praying for her recovery!

  17. God blessed this gorgeous babygirl <3

  18. Awe prayers to the little beauty

  19. Kristi , the link for go fund me isn’t working for me. Do you happen to have the link??

  20. Eli Sandoval Eli Sandoval says:

    God bless this little Angel please.

  21. Alex Stark Alex Stark says:

    Prayers for her. She’s is a cutie

  22. Prayers for this sweet baby girl

  23. Prayers for a great outcome! If you have questions or need another opinion, you may wish to contact Dr. Vaughn Starens at USC University Hospital. He and his team have been pioneers in organ transplant surgeries including living donor lung lobe transplants. I don’t know if they can do it in infants, but I saw miraculous outcomes for patients with cystic fibrosis who were so weak and near the end upon admission and were up and walking around the day after surgery. Best wishes for little Brooklyn. She’s adorable!

  24. Lisa Stacey Lisa Stacey says:

    I saw Rebecca – so awesome the word is getting around. Social media rocks!

  25. Much prayers to Her & all the Children of world:)

  26. See you on Sat on via Heraldo for the yard sale for Brooklyn

  27. God bless this little angel and others..

  28. Praying for your sweet girl and family

  29. Shawna Lemke Shawna Lemke says:

    My cutie puttie model

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