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...

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Team Mario walking in Liver Foundation 5K on Sunday!!

Check out the link:

http://go.liverfoundation.org/site/TR/LiverLifeWalk2009/LiverLifeWalkSpring09?team_id=9350&pg=team&fr_id=1310

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Hi Phoebe,

I was a resident in the PICU when Mario lost his first transplant and got his second. Among all the sick kids at the time, Mario and your family stand out for your grace under pressure and his adorableness. I saw his photo in a Children's Hosp magazine and had to look you up -- I'm thrilled to see he's doing so well! Congratulations and best wishes to your family.

Katie; September 19, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Phoebe said...: Katie! Not sure if you will look back here again, but I remember you well. I'm glad you got to check in and "see" how well Mario is doing. I'd love to hear how you're doing if you want to drop a note: phobacious@yahoo.com; September 28, 2009 at 3:34 PM