The Cruse Kids - Our journey living with biliary atresia and liver transplant

Malakai was born Sep 24, 2008. At four weeks old, multiple tests determined he had a rare liver disease called Biliary Atresia. BA is when the bile duct between the liver and the small intestine is blocked or absent. He had his first surgery Nov 6 to temporarily fix the problem. During a five week hospital stay for ascites, Malakai was put on the transplant list on Mar 20. He recieved his "Gift of Life" May 12, 2009 at Children's Hospital in St. Louis.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

New pictures

My sisters, mom, and I took the kids to Brown County a few weeks ago for Mom's birthday. It's a big state park in Indiana. We got a cabin and the lodge had a big indoor water park. The kids had a blast. We decided to take their pictures before we did anything, while they were all in good spirits and before they could get dirty :) They turned out GREAT! I don't know why they are so small...all of them are small except for the one of Makena...Anyways, here's an idea of what we were able to get!

Here's the three older kiddos: Emma, Clay and Makena