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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Baby Kaylee returned to Sick Kids

Baby Kaylee suffers from a rare brain abnormality that could cause her to stop breathing.Baby Kaylee suffers from a rare brain abnormality that could cause her to stop breathing. (Family photo/Canadian Press)

Baby Kaylee Vitelli has returned to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

A spokeswoman for the hospital said Kaylee was brought to the hospital Tuesday night by her father, Jason Wallace.

The spokeswoman said the baby, who suffers from Joubert syndrome, a rare malformation of the brain and brain stem that is accompanied by frequently interrupted breathing, would be assessed by doctors at the hospital.

The three-month-old had been admitted earlier this week to Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, Ont., suffering from a high fever.

Kaylee left Sick Kids earlier this month but last Wednesday she was diagnosed with a skin infection which family spokesman J.P. Pampena said had travelled internally.

In April, Kaylee's parents had offered their daughter's heart, if she should die, to another infant in need of a transplant.

But Kaylee recovered and was declared fit enough to be taken to her home in Bradford, Ont., on May 14 via police escort and helicopter.