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.
Regina's symptoms did not improve and a biopsy revealed primary biliary cirrhosis, an autoimmune disease that attacks the liver. She needed an expert in liver disease.
It took many hospital visits, inconclusive tests and finally a visit to learn Emma had Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, a rare life-threatening genetic condition that affects the liver.
Our son Andrew was born September 30, 2013 with a genetic liver disease called Alagille Syndrome. At 8 days old we started seeing a liver specialist at Children’s of Alabama.
Having a child with a rare genetic liver disease can be filled with so much fear, anxiety and uncertainty. Our son Isaac, 17, has genetic mutations on his ABCB11 gene.
I was experiencing complications and attending Riley Hospital for Children, to soon discover after a year of tests that I was diagnosed with Wilson’s disease.
Doctors began a battery of tests to determine the source of Mallory's nausea, abdominal pain, and jaundice. They discovered she was suffering from a severe illness known as Wilson Disease.
A pain in my abdomen advanced so rapidly over a week, it caused me to collapse. My body had shut down; my family was told I’d need a liver transplant to survive.
When I started treatment for Hepatitis C, I had some pretty dark days. The side-effects of the treatment were milder than earlier treatments but still brutal.