 A 20-month-old Bemidji girl is in need of a heart transplant, and community members are pitching in to help the family. Hedy Clotter has the story. She may look like any other 20-month-old little girl, but Abigail Fryhammer is living with a heart condition. Her parents say Abigail can do almost anything and is full of energy, even after one surgery and six procedures. Abby had the transposition of the great arteries and meant that the two main arteries coming out of her heart were switched, so she was going to need surgery immediately after birth. Just three months ago, Abigail's heart took a turn for the worse. Now she's on a transplant list for a new heart and may receive it within six months to a year. We've got accepted into the program down at Mayo. We've been on the, they call it a level two, where it's been kind of an indefinite hold for eating a heart, but now that Abby's condition's gotten worse and she's going to have the IV medication all the time. She's going to be, they call it level one B. A heart transplant comes with future medical expenses, so the Fryhammers are having a benefit for Abigail. It's a community's way of wanting to be there for Abigail, and hopefully it's our way to show our gratitude to them as well. Despite these circumstances, life must go on for the Fryhammers. They're also parents to five-month-old Benson, asking why Abigail just doesn't happen. I can move that one away as quickly as I can, because there aren't any good answers. And it doesn't help me handle the present. The couple leans on their faith for strength. God won't leave us in a dark spot that He'll bring good out of anything. We kind of hold on to that hope. The Fryhammers are hopeful that Abigail will eventually lead a normal life with the new heart. So even though we're going to be solving some problems for Abigail, we've got new ones ahead that we have to be ready for. In Bemidji, Haiti-Claude, Lakeland News. If you'd like to help the Fryhammers, you may do so at their Give from the Heart Breakfast Benefit. It's 8.30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Sunday at St. Philip's Catholic Church in Bemidji. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.