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11-Year-Old Winnipeg Girl Is In Toronto After Word Of Possible Liver Donor

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 01 Jun, 2015 12:00 PM
    WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg girl battling a rare liver disease is in Toronto after receiving word there's a possible donor for a transplant.
     
    Eleven-year-old Allexis Siebrecht, who was born with biliary atresia, has been admitted to Sick Kids Hospital.
     
    Her family tweeted Sunday morning that a possible liver match has become available from a deceased donor.
     
    Allexis' mother, Liz Siebrecht, made a public plea for a donor in March after learning her daughter needed a transplant within three to six months.
     
    Biliary atresia impedes bile transport from the liver to the small intestine.
     
    A 24-year-old Winnipeg woman flew to Toronto in April after meeting most of the requirements to donate part of her liver for Allexis, but further testing determined she was not a match.

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