Support Taylor Horton in Honoring Baby Saylor

 (I am keeping Saylor’s story up, but there are updates)

Saylor Calluna was born September 12, 2024 at 1:56am and she took her last breaths in my arms at 3:26am on the same day. She was born into lots of love and devotion and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I got to experience her cry , her little voice , her smell , her smile , her just so full of life for such a little short time. My babygirl was a fighter and she did not go down without showing everyone just how strong she is. Rest In Heaven my beautiful babygirl and we will all meet you again soon.  

My name is Taylor Horton. I am a 26-year-old stay-at-home mom of 2 boys, currently 33 weeks pregnant with my first daughter. I was so happy to find out that I was pregnant with a girl. Unfortunately, this pregnancy has not turned out how I would like it to be. I ended up finding out that my daughter is diagnosed with Trisomy 13. And for those of you who do not know what that is, in the most simplest form of saying it, basically she has an extra chromosome on her 13th chromosome. With that, the child may not make it to their first year of life. Trisomy 13 comes with so many abnormalities. For my daughter, Saylor, some of her abnormalities consist of cleft lip and palate, polydactyly on her right foot (extra toe), as well as sandal foot on the same right foot.

Her most troubling defect that has been found and more than likely will not make it during labor will possibly be a stillborn when I give birth to her is her heart condition. She has been diagnosed with a Ventricular Septal Defect with an overriding Aorta. Basically, in science terms, it is a congenital heart defect that occurs when the aorta is positioned over a hole in the wall between the heart's left and right ventricles, instead of over the left ventricle. She does not receive the oxygenated blood that she would need to receive to breathe on her own. All her blood in her heart is basically mixing together. So IF (very low chance) she is alive when she is born, she would need immediate oxygen. The surgery she would need they do not do in any hospital in the state we live in. And even if she was to get the surgery, with her having Trisomy 13, she will not be able to form the cognitive skills to remind her to breathe on her own. So more than likely if she is alive when I give birth to her she will only be with us for a short amount of time.

I am basically starting this Go Fund Me, for the simple reason of being able to get her an Urn for her cremation, and to be able to pay for her cremation. I have missed out on valuable time to spend with my boys as well because I am so high risk. Being in my third trimester, I am in a lot of pain so multiple hospital visits, it is starting to emotionally become a lot for me. Anything is honestly appreciated, even a sweet message of encouragement or support is appreciated. I am just trying to savor the time I have with my daughter as her being alive in my belly is keeping me going. Thank You.