Mario Tlaloc Araujo

Mario was born 4/25/07,diagnosed with Biliary Atresia 6/26/07. BA is a disease (~1 in 15K births) that causes inflammation/obstruction of the bile ducts resulting in back up of bile in the liver which destroys the healthy liver. 7/1/07, Mario had a surgical procedure called a Kasai and was added to the Liver transplant waiting list on 12/4/07. He received his first gift on 3/23/08 but was relisted due to a clotted hepatic artery. He received his second gift on 4/14/08. This is his story...

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Surgery delayed until Sunday....

1:40PM: There were emergencies in the OR today so we have been bumped until tomorrow. Good news is Mario is now able to eat again. The plan is supposed to be the same as it was today...stop eating at 2AM, prep for surgery around 8AM and go into OR around 9AM. We will keep you posted.

-Phoebe