Baby Lucas Mendoza - Dying Child with Biliary Atresia

Here is Baby Lucas Mendoza, an innocent child, a dying angel with Biliary Atresia. Please give love and prayers, he needs miracle to live. Baby Lucas needs you.

What is biliary atresia?
Biliary atresia is a serious but rare disease of the liver that affects newborn infants. It occurs in about one in 10,000 children and is more common in girls than in boys and in Asian and African-American newborns than in Caucasian newborns. The cause of biliary atresia is not known, and treatments are only partially successful. Biliary atresia is the most common reason for liver transplantation in children in the United States and most of the Western world.
The liver damage incurred from biliary atresia is caused by injury and loss (atresia) of the bile ducts that are responsible for draining bile from the liver. Bile is made by the liver and passes through the bile ducts and into the intestines where it helps digest food, fats, and cholesterol. The loss of bile ducts causes bile to remain in the liver. When bile builds up it can damage the liver, causing scarring and loss of liver tissue. Eventually the liver will not be able to work properly and cirrhosis will occur. Once the liver fails, a liver transplant becomes necessary. Biliary atresia can lead to liver failure and the need for liver transplant within the first 1 to 2 years of life

How is it treated?
Surgery. If biliary atresia appears to be the cause of the jaundice in the newborn, the next step is surgery. At the time of surgery the bile ducts can be examined and the diagnosis confirmed. For this procedure, the infant is sedated. While the infant is asleep, the surgeon makes an incision in the abdomen to directly examine the liver and bile ducts. If the surgeon confirms that biliary atresia is the problem, a Kasai procedure will usually be performed on the spot

Required money for Lucas livertransplantation to be done in Taiwan is Php. 3 to 4 million.

For Donation pls send direct to Lucas accounts:

Account name: Johanne Luc B. Mendoza
Bank Name: Banco de Oro
Branch Name: Rufino Building Ayala Ave. Makati
Account Number: 5420064988

Parents of Baby Lucas, Lulu and Jojo want to thanks everybody for their prayers and support to Baby Lucas.

Contact Number: 639189370994 (Lucas Parents)

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4. Added :04-May-09
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