Patient Stories

His medical and transplant teams spent the next three months stabilizing Leonard’s condition so he could receive a liver transplant. Prolonged use of OTC medications had damaged his liver.

Cooper initially was in intensive care. Then he was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia. He underwent a Kasai procedure so that bile could drain into his intestine.

Nick’s grandfather had died of liver disease he thought that teaming up with ALF would be a great way to honor his grandfather’s memory.

After many visits to the family doctor I was finally referred to a specialist and was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia at 9 weeks old.

I was born with BA and had two surgeries before the age of one. I had no idea why I had these scars and went on with life.

After taking her to American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison at the beginning of the summer, they learned she had biliary atresia, which meant the bile ducts from her liver were not formed.

Our doctor instantly recognized Matthew’s jaundice as the indication of a possibly serious condition.

He battled cirrhosis of the liver for about 6 months until we found out he had end stage liver failure and his kidneys started to malfunction as well.

She saw a GI specialist to help her with her illness, and had a nurse who became her advocate in this fight. She was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver.

I was diagnosed with PBC after a year of elevated liver enzymes. I have made an effort to learn all I can about liver disease in general.

When she was just two months old, Noel was diagnosed with a liver disease called Biliary Atresia. Her parents were devastated when she had to undergo surgery to clear her bile ducts.

Diagnosed with biliary atresia at only two weeks old and receiving his first surgery at three and a half weeks, Nick ultimately needed a liver transplant when he entered adolescence.