Cause for liver transplant?

[Hermit]

That's an interesting question. I had meconium ileus but never had a problem with my liver . I had a brief spell of elevated liver enzymes when I was 16-17, but that somehow resolved itself without medication. My liver is still healthy today (surprisingly, after all it's been through!)

I'm 27 on SUnday and DDF508

 

[Hermit]

That's an interesting question. I had meconium ileus but never had a problem with my liver . I had a brief spell of elevated liver enzymes when I was 16-17, but that somehow resolved itself without medication. My liver is still healthy today (surprisingly, after all it's been through!)

I'm 27 on SUnday and DDF508

 

[Hermit]

That's an interesting question. I had meconium ileus but never had a problem with my liver . I had a brief spell of elevated liver enzymes when I was 16-17, but that somehow resolved itself without medication. My liver is still healthy today (surprisingly, after all it's been through!)

I'm 27 on SUnday and DDF508

 

[Hermit]

That's an interesting question. I had meconium ileus but never had a problem with my liver . I had a brief spell of elevated liver enzymes when I was 16-17, but that somehow resolved itself without medication. My liver is still healthy today (surprisingly, after all it's been through!)

I'm 27 on SUnday and DDF508

 

[Hermit]

That's an interesting question. I had meconium ileus but never had a problem with my liver . I had a brief spell of elevated liver enzymes when I was 16-17, but that somehow resolved itself without medication. My liver is still healthy today (surprisingly, after all it's been through!)
<br />
<br />I'm 27 on SUnday and DDF508

 

[Scars]

i also had meconium illeus at birth, im a double lung transplant, never had one problem with my liver (knock on wood)

 

[Scars]

i also had meconium illeus at birth, im a double lung transplant, never had one problem with my liver (knock on wood)

 

[Scars]

i also had meconium illeus at birth, im a double lung transplant, never had one problem with my liver (knock on wood)

 

[Scars]

i also had meconium illeus at birth, im a double lung transplant, never had one problem with my liver (knock on wood)

 

[Scars]

i also had meconium illeus at birth, im a double lung transplant, never had one problem with my liver (knock on wood)

 

[jacksmom]

Katie,
My son was born (9-10-2006) with Meconium Ileus and he was just at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for liver/small bowel transplant eval.
His small bowel is fine thankfully (he had four bowel surgeries) but with his liver it is only a matter of time before it starts to fail.
I'm not sure if I can say positively weather MI had any effect on his liver...but my sons liver problems started with TPN, then a surgical liver biopsy at three months old showed that his bili ducts were plugged up with bile, the same way his intestines were plugged up with meconium.
Thankfully the surgeon was able to unplug the ducts (his bili peaked at 25) and by the age of one his bili was almost completely normal.
But...the damage had already been done.

My son's stools are a peanut butter consistency, but then he is g-tube feed only (peptamen Jr/pediasure mix) and can only take powdered enzymes (viokase).

My son is also dd508

Carey

 

[jacksmom]

Katie,
My son was born (9-10-2006) with Meconium Ileus and he was just at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for liver/small bowel transplant eval.
His small bowel is fine thankfully (he had four bowel surgeries) but with his liver it is only a matter of time before it starts to fail.
I'm not sure if I can say positively weather MI had any effect on his liver...but my sons liver problems started with TPN, then a surgical liver biopsy at three months old showed that his bili ducts were plugged up with bile, the same way his intestines were plugged up with meconium.
Thankfully the surgeon was able to unplug the ducts (his bili peaked at 25) and by the age of one his bili was almost completely normal.
But...the damage had already been done.

My son's stools are a peanut butter consistency, but then he is g-tube feed only (peptamen Jr/pediasure mix) and can only take powdered enzymes (viokase).

My son is also dd508

Carey

 

[jacksmom]

Katie,
My son was born (9-10-2006) with Meconium Ileus and he was just at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for liver/small bowel transplant eval.
His small bowel is fine thankfully (he had four bowel surgeries) but with his liver it is only a matter of time before it starts to fail.
I'm not sure if I can say positively weather MI had any effect on his liver...but my sons liver problems started with TPN, then a surgical liver biopsy at three months old showed that his bili ducts were plugged up with bile, the same way his intestines were plugged up with meconium.
Thankfully the surgeon was able to unplug the ducts (his bili peaked at 25) and by the age of one his bili was almost completely normal.
But...the damage had already been done.

My son's stools are a peanut butter consistency, but then he is g-tube feed only (peptamen Jr/pediasure mix) and can only take powdered enzymes (viokase).

My son is also dd508

Carey

 

[jacksmom]

Katie,
My son was born (9-10-2006) with Meconium Ileus and he was just at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for liver/small bowel transplant eval.
His small bowel is fine thankfully (he had four bowel surgeries) but with his liver it is only a matter of time before it starts to fail.
I'm not sure if I can say positively weather MI had any effect on his liver...but my sons liver problems started with TPN, then a surgical liver biopsy at three months old showed that his bili ducts were plugged up with bile, the same way his intestines were plugged up with meconium.
Thankfully the surgeon was able to unplug the ducts (his bili peaked at 25) and by the age of one his bili was almost completely normal.
But...the damage had already been done.

My son's stools are a peanut butter consistency, but then he is g-tube feed only (peptamen Jr/pediasure mix) and can only take powdered enzymes (viokase).

My son is also dd508

Carey

 

[jacksmom]

Katie,
<br />My son was born (9-10-2006) with Meconium Ileus and he was just at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for liver/small bowel transplant eval.
<br />His small bowel is fine thankfully (he had four bowel surgeries) but with his liver it is only a matter of time before it starts to fail.
<br />I'm not sure if I can say positively weather MI had any effect on his liver...but my sons liver problems started with TPN, then a surgical liver biopsy at three months old showed that his bili ducts were plugged up with bile, the same way his intestines were plugged up with meconium.
<br />Thankfully the surgeon was able to unplug the ducts (his bili peaked at 25) and by the age of one his bili was almost completely normal.
<br />But...the damage had already been done.
<br />
<br />My son's stools are a peanut butter consistency, but then he is g-tube feed only (peptamen Jr/pediasure mix) and can only take powdered enzymes (viokase).
<br />
<br />My son is also dd508
<br />
<br />Carey
<br />

 

[kitomd21]

Thank you for your replies...I had been doing some reading on CF and liver transplants and came accross a statistic stating that CF individuals with MI are 4x more likely to need a liver transplant. I was curious as to what other's experiences with MI had been. My daughter was not born with MI and has 1 - 2 loose/pudding-like (mental image!) stools/day. I'm also wondering if this is typical of CF or are stools generally more frequent? Not that anything is "typical" with CF it seems...

 

[kitomd21]

Thank you for your replies...I had been doing some reading on CF and liver transplants and came accross a statistic stating that CF individuals with MI are 4x more likely to need a liver transplant. I was curious as to what other's experiences with MI had been. My daughter was not born with MI and has 1 - 2 loose/pudding-like (mental image!) stools/day. I'm also wondering if this is typical of CF or are stools generally more frequent? Not that anything is "typical" with CF it seems...

 

[kitomd21]

Thank you for your replies...I had been doing some reading on CF and liver transplants and came accross a statistic stating that CF individuals with MI are 4x more likely to need a liver transplant. I was curious as to what other's experiences with MI had been. My daughter was not born with MI and has 1 - 2 loose/pudding-like (mental image!) stools/day. I'm also wondering if this is typical of CF or are stools generally more frequent? Not that anything is "typical" with CF it seems...

 

[kitomd21]

Thank you for your replies...I had been doing some reading on CF and liver transplants and came accross a statistic stating that CF individuals with MI are 4x more likely to need a liver transplant. I was curious as to what other's experiences with MI had been. My daughter was not born with MI and has 1 - 2 loose/pudding-like (mental image!) stools/day. I'm also wondering if this is typical of CF or are stools generally more frequent? Not that anything is "typical" with CF it seems...

 

[kitomd21]

Thank you for your replies...I had been doing some reading on CF and liver transplants and came accross a statistic stating that CF individuals with MI are 4x more likely to need a liver transplant. I was curious as to what other's experiences with MI had been. My daughter was not born with MI and has 1 - 2 loose/pudding-like (mental image!) stools/day. I'm also wondering if this is typical of CF or are stools generally more frequent? Not that anything is "typical" with CF it seems...