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, February 18, 2009

Seattle Culinary Gala

Mario's photo and story are now posted on the web-site.
http://www.liverfoundation.org/chapters/pacificnw/events/449/

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: I so want to be there to cheer you on (or at least wave and smile- guess it wouldn't be an appropriate cheering venue :), but don't think we can do it this year. I'll be thinking of you, though. xoxo Jennie; February 19, 2009 at 9:21 AM