Francesca McNeil

Francesca McNeil is a patient at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital who developed cardiomyopathy along with her two siblings.

Ivy
Ivy, 15, was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. She spent four months waiting for a heart transplant before one came through. The transplant was successful and Ivy began to recover. ("You Be Illin'")

Cardiomyopathy and Pacemaker Insertion
While Ivy was in surgery getting her new heart, Jon McNeil brought their second child, Frankie, into the ER because she was coughing up pink fluid. She, too, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy. The doctors inserted a pacemaker. ("You Be Illin'")

Link
While waiting in Frankie’s room while the doctors talked to his parents, Link started to cough up pink fluid just as Frankie had. ("You Be Illin'")

Familial
Frankie has two siblings, both of whom, like herself, have been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy.

Braden Morris
While her siblings were hospitalized, she formed a friendship with Braden Morris, who was in an isolation room on the same floor.