NASHVILLE, Tenn — When the ice storm knocked out power at their Green Hills home, the Hill family thought their daughter’s life support status with Nashville Electric Service would ensure a swift restoration. It didn’t happen.
For seven days, Eden Hill’s parents waited as their 8-year-old daughter — born with congenital heart disease and living with pulmonary hypertension — went without the stable electricity needed to safely operate her medical equipment.
“It can happen like that. Snap,” said Eden’s mother, describing how quickly her daughter’s condition could deteriorate without proper care…