AMEN ALEXIA BIJINGSI, commonly called “Baby A”, is a one year old baby, born to Jude and Camilla Bijingsi in Yaounde, Cameroon. When she was born, Alexia showed symptoms of
jaundice, which the doctors assumed to be an infection, and treated her
accordingly. With very little response to antibiotics, and after
numerous tests, she was finally diagnosed with Biliary Artresia.
Biliary Artresia is a congenital birth defect
caused by the malfunction or the absence of external bile ducts. As
such, there is no transmission of bile from the liver to the intestines
for digestion. This leads to an accumulation of bile in the liver,
causing scarring of the liver and finally liver failure.
Alexia has been living with this condition from
birth, and her doctors recommend that a liver transplant is performed as
soon as possible.
Alexia’s parents have retained MEDANTA – THE MEDICITY
IN GURGAON, HARYANA in INDIA to perform the Pediatric liver transplant.
http://www.medanta.org. Her surgery is scheduled for September 2013.
Baby Alexia and her parents will have to travel
to India for this procedure where one of her parents will be the donor
and Alexia will be the recipient. The estimated cost of the surgery,
including a 3 month stay in India for recovery and follow-up, is
estimated at $50,000 (fifty thousand US Dollars).
Pass on this website to your family, friends, church and any group who can help!
Websites
Baby Alexia's Fundraiser Page
Donation Page: http://www.trustinggodforalexia.com/en/site/donate
FaceBook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TrustingGodForBabyAlexia
I have never met Baby Alexia but her mother, Camilla was my school mate in secondary school (Our Lady of Lourdes College, Bamenda, Cameroon). Ex students of our alma mater have started a campaign to raise funds and we know that with your help WE CAN!
Please join family and friends of Baby Alexia to make her dream come true.
Y.M.
IRepCamer
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