D.A.: Family of five found dead in Pennsylvania home

Police say their investigation revealed that there had been previous domestic issues between Megan and her husband Mark.

District Attorney John Adams said a handwritten note that “appeared to be a “murder-suicide” note” was found in the family’s home in Sinking Spring on Saturday afternoon.

The family was profiled in news articles by sources like The Reading Eagle and The New York Times in 2014 and 2015 after Willow, the youngest Short, received a heart transplant as a 1-week-old infant.

Megan Short also described her journey in blog posts for a congenital heart defect family support group, likening the experience to post-traumatic stress disorder. Their three children were Lianna, 8, Mark Jr., 5, and Willow, 2.

According to officials, police discovered a handgun near one of the deceased adults.

As CBS Local reports, authorities investigating the apparent Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, murder-suicide are quite confident that what they are dealing with is a horrifying case of domestic violence taking the most tragic turn possible. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families at this hard time.

Although the baby was expected to be stillborn, Willow was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and underwent an organ transplant less than a week later.

As of Sunday morning, authorities hadn’t said who fired the shots or given any details about what might have led to the shooting.

“My faith in God is stronger, my faith in others is renewed, and my love for my family is deeper than ever”, the post continues.

The complicated and costly financial drug regimen required Megan Short to carefully measure out the medication to avoid missing a dose before a so-called specialty pharmacy could refill Willow’s prescription, she told the Times.

“You just feel like every month, you’re hoping that they don’t mess it up”, Megan Short was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

Megan describes how smells would trigger hard hospital memories – a simple cell phone beep, would remind her of a heart monitor.