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...

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Not much to report...day 1 of tranplant evaluation

It was a long day, but I think Tuesday will be longer. Mario did great, smiled at everyone and didn't even flinch when they drew blood. His vit levels are okay with the extra doses of supplements we're giving him and he was up to 6.96 Kilos - still gaining weight (all this translates to a lower PELD score, meaning he would be lower on the list for a liver so we probably have a bit of a wait). We met our xplant coordinator and got a good review of the process. Met lots of people. More tests on Tuesday, and we get to meet the xplant surgeons. Then they will meet on Monday after that to decide if they will list him right away. Assuming they do, we give out all our contact details, get assigned a pager and wait...giving blood every couple weeks in the meantime so they can keep updating his score. I'll update again on Tuesday as we should have more to tell after we talk to the head xplant surgeon. Hope everyone is well.