Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency can be a very deadly disease if not detected and treated carefully. There are several children who were born with OTC deficiency and subsequently cured with a liver transplant. Today we are going to take a look at 3 of such cases.
The first case is about a boy named Billy Corfield, he was diagnosed with OTC deficency when his mother was 8 months pregnant with him. Even though the doctors had advised her to abort the baby, she refused, convinced that she would be able to take care of him perfectly.
Billy was born into a world where most of his days as an infant was spent in the hospital getting treated by doctors with experimental treatments, which even though did not cure him, gave him more time. Eventually, he was treated with a full liver transplant at the age of 11 and had been fully cured of OTC deficiency.
The next case study is about Ava Taylor, a six year old that under went surgery for a liver transplant from her mom. Similar to Billy, Ava also suffers from the same condition, OTC deficiency and is unable to lead a normal life due to this. Her mom, was given the good news that an anonymous donor had tested as a match to Ava’s body and they could begin the surgery immediately. As suggested by Ava’s doctors, surgery was the best course of action that they could take, seeing that this was Ava’s best hope in having a long and fruitful life.
Fast forward 10 months from the surgery, Ava is set to take part in the Transplant Games, an international event where all athletes that have had organ transplants take part in. This means that Ava’s surgery was more than a success, it shows that she was able to get back to full health and get back to having an active life in just 10 months.
Both of these case studies show that OTC deficency is an extremely common disease, however it is also very treatable with the right kind of medical treatment, people who suffer from OTC deficency should seek help from experts and specialist, and consider having liver transplant surgery.
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