{"id":11337,"date":"2020-05-12T05:35:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T22:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=11337"},"modified":"2020-05-12T05:35:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T22:35:11","slug":"liver-transplant-olivias-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=11337","title":{"rendered":"Liver Transplant: Olivia\u2019s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CbRrCmBG_to?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Megan and Charles were overjoyed when their daughter, Olivia, was born. But that feeling was soon overshadowed when they received the news that she was diagnosed with biliary agenesis, a condition in which she didn\u2019t have bile ducts to remove the waste from her liver. Doctors told Megan and Charles that she would need a liver transplant, or she wouldn\u2019t live to see her first birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Shikha Sundaram, MD, and Michael Wachs, MD, of our Pediatric Liver Transplant Program, walked the couple through the process. The challenge was finding a liver that was small enough for Olivia. Fortunately for Megan and Charles, they received the news that a liver was available. Watch the video to hear the family\u2019s story.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Liver Transplant Program at Children&#8217;s Hospital Colorado, visit https:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org\/doctors-and-departments\/departments\/transplant\/liver\/.<\/p>\n<p>Visit us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/childrenshospitalcolorado<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChildrensColo <\/p>\n<p>Learn more about us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/childrenscolo\/<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CbRrCmBG_to\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan and Charles were overjoyed when their daughter, Olivia, was born. But that feeling was soon overshadowed when they received the news that she was diagnosed with biliary agenesis, a condition in which she didn\u2019t have bile ducts to remove the waste from her liver. Doctors told Megan and Charles that she would need a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}