Emergency Room Visit

Well we had a rough night last night...around 11pm Mario vomited blood. First signs of Varices, caused by portal hypertension. I rushed him to closest emergency (Overlake) as directed by the on-call GI doc. There, he was found to be stable (and even smiling) so we got to ride in an Ambulance to Children's. Mario and I spent the day there...Israel sleeping with him there tonight. We hope to bring him home tomorrow as the docs think it was a first time minor event. He needs his new liver, but he isn't in immediate danger. We'll update more when we get the report from the doctors tomorrow at morning rounds. Take care all, think positive for our little smiling Mario. Love, Phoebe