Madonna Figura Simon
NORTH HORNELL She’s home, back with the community that has embraced her.
“We have a new child. Charlotte is like a different child. It is amazing to see the new progress and the things that she is able to do that she never did,” Chris Cavanaugh reported.
The kidney transplant was the latest physical challenge for Charlotte who was diagnosed with spina bifida and underwent fetal surgery to close her spine weeks before she was born. Complications with her kidneys ensued and required her to undergo nightly dialysis for the past three years.
During synchronized surgeries at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the adjacent Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia last month, doctors implanted one of Chris’s kidneys into Charlotte’s abdomen. A second surgery was required when the kidney initially failed to produce urine.
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Phoebe Trencher, 8, of Irvington, N.Y., tries a treat at Mr. Frosty s Ice Cream Shop in East Norwalk on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Opening a month early, Mr. Frosty s Ice Cream Shop in East Norwalk on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Katie Rankin, 8, of Stamford, enjoys a cone at Mr. Frosty s Ice Cream Shop in East Norwalk on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Supervisor Gabby Gajewski serves up a cold treat at Mr. Frosty s Ice Cream Shop in East Norwalk on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Three-year-old North Hornell girl getting kidney from her dad at Children s Hospital of Philadelphia
Madonna Figura Simon
NORTH HORNELL - Three-year old Charlotte Cavanaugh chattered happily while watching a movie Sunday morning. It was a lighthearted moment for the North Hornell girl who is scheduled to undergo a kidney transplant on Tuesday.
“She’s watching ‘Coco’ on Netflix,” her dad explained. Chris Cavanaugh will donate one of his kidneys to his daughter during synchronized surgeries, his at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, hers at the adjacent Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
The Cavanaugh family Chris, Charlotte and mom Carli left North Hornell for Philadelphia on Saturday with a big show of support from the Canisteo Valley community. A caravan of police cars and fire trucks from the Canisteo police department and the Canisteo, North Hornell, and City of Hornell fire departments escorted the family’s cars along Seneca Road. Several doz