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ONE-YEAR-OLD: NEEDS A NEW LIVER TO SURVIVE
Car wash to raise funds TARRYN-LEIGH SOLOMONS @tarryns07
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Bonteheuwel mother is calling on residents to support a fundraiser in aid of her one-year-old daughter who is in desperate need of a 200 gram liver to survive. Little Carissa Micanna Thomas, aged one year and four months, suffers with a rare liver disease known as biliary atresia. An excerpt from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases explains that with this disease, the bile ducts
outside and inside the liver are scarred and blocked. As the bile can’t flow into the intestine, it builds up in the liver and damages it. Her mother, Cayle Thomas, says the car wash fundraiser will take place at the Bonteheuwel Civic Centre’s parking area on Saturday 31 October. Cayle says their nightmare started when Carissa was only three weeks old. “She suddenly stopped breathing. My husband and I immediately rushed her over to Hanover Park Day Hospital. The doctors were con-
cerned that she had sleep apnea. We were then referred to Red Cross Children’s Hospital where tests were conducted and it was revealed that she has this disease. Tests also showed that she had jaundice at the time. “At four weeks she went for her first operation to drain the bile out of the liver. Unfortunately, the operation was unsuccessful and we were given the option to go to a medical centre in Johannesburg which specialises in liver transplants,” explains the 24-yearold mother. Despite Carissa’s blood type being O+, it
has been difficult for the family to find a donor. She says her husband, Rushin, has the same blood type, but his liver is apparently too big. This was revealed after the couple and their toddler flew up to Johannesburg this year for testing. “We are now in urgent need of a donor.” When asked about Carissa’s development, whether she could walk or play, Cayle said it’s not the safest option. “Carissa also has a vitamin D deficiency so her bones can break at any time. V To page 4.