MARISSA IS 10 YEARS OLD AND WAS BORN WITH A RARE LIVER DISORDER CALLED "BILLIARY ATRESSIA" ONE OUT OF 20 THOUSAND BABIES ARE BORN WITH, AND SHE JUST HAPPEN TO BE ONE....
BILIARY ATRESIA IS A LIVER DISEASE THAT DISTROYS THE BILE DUCTS NECESSARY TO CARRY BILE FROM THE LIVER TO THE INTESTINES.THIS DISEASE INVOLVES THE BILE DUCTS OUTSIDE THE LIVER AND MAY PROGRESS TO SEVERLY AFFECT THE BILE DUCTS INSIDE THE LIVER AND OTHER TISSUSE WHERE IT ACTS AS A POISON. WITHOUT TREATMENT CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER AND EVENTUALLY LIVER FAILURE WILL OCCUR.MARISSA HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE BIRTH AND GETS INFECTIONS IN HER LIVER OFF AND ON WHICH CAUSES MORE LIVER DAMAGE SHE WILL NEED A LIVER TRANSPLANT WHEN HER LIVER EVENTUALLY SHUT DOWN, AND A NEW LIVER WILL BE NEEDED TO SAVE HER LIFE
SO CAN YOU PLEASE HELP WITH HER BILLS THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ADRESS TO BANK IS ;
MARISSA SUE WILCOX FUND c/o WOCOVIA BANK
101 EAST MAIN STREET
PLYMOUTH PA 18651