8 Month-old Delfina Budziak needs a Liver Donor to Survive
Delfina won’t be released from hospital without a new liver
May 27, 2015
(Toronto): At 2 months old, Delfina Arianna Budziak was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia. Since her diagnosis, she has undergone a Kasai procedure and has suffered several bouts of cholangitis, an infection of the liver. The day after her Baptism at St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish on April 26, Delfina suffered her most recent bout of cholangitis. Since then, she has been at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, waiting for a liver transplant.
Delfina is loved by her family- especially her three-year old brother Matthew, cousin Arianna and parents Peter and Betsy. Many family members have undergone testing to be a donor but none have been identified as viable.
Delfina’s family, inspired by the overwhelming public response to the appeal from Senator’s owner Eugene Melnyk, have now turned to the public in hopes of finding a living donor. While Delfina is on the transplant wait-list for a deceased donor, she is currently stabilized by hospitalization and medication, and as such is not at the top of the list.
Defina’s donor must be blood type O+. Anyone who is interested in donating to save Delfina’s life can learn more about living donors through the University Health Network, Living Donor Program (http://www.uhn.ca/MOT/PatientsFamilies/Clinics_Tests/Pages/living_donor.aspx).
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The Budziak family is grateful to the staff of Sick Kids’ Hospital, especially the nurses on the 6th floor.
Peter Budziak
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