She is racing against
time to help save the life of a teenager who needs a heart transplant. Brandy,
who gained fame as chart topping R&B singer and actress on the TV show
"Moesha," has been raising awareness and money for 16-year-old
Jessica Harris, who suffers from a congenital heart defect. Known as
hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the condition can be fatal. "I just want
to do whatever I can to get her story out there in the public," Brandy
said.
"You hear a lot of stories like these, but this one just connected
to me." Harris lives McComb, Mississippi, where Brandy Norwood was raised
before she went to Hollywood and became the big star known simply by her first
name.
Brandy's family told her of a story the local paper wrote about Harris
needing a heart transplant that, on average, costs $150,000. But Harris is
currently uncovered by insurance because the policy through her father's new
job doesn't allow dependents with pre-existing conditions until July 2011.
Harris has been told by doctors she may not live that long.
