Gift For Gavin.org: Gavin's birth!

{ Hello! }

My name is Gavin. I am 11 months old. I was born with a genetic disorder called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency that caused my liver to go into failure. I was misdiagnosed for 3 months and underwent emergency surgery before they found out what was wrong. I am on the Organ Donation List and am waiting for my "gift of life" so I can have a liver transplant. You can read about my story by clicking {here}. Thank you for visiting my online journal!

*It is our deepest sorrow to inform you that Gavin passed away while waiting to receive a liver transplant. He was only 14 days away from his 1st birthday. Please, if you haven't already, sign up to be a registered organ donor today and talk to your loved ones about your wishes: http://www.donatelife.net/. Thank you all so much for your love and support during this last year.

Saturday, October 06, 2007

Gavin's birth!

{I copied and pasted my original post from our family blog because I thought it would be fun for everyone to see how life was for us before we had even heard of Alpha-1!}

Gavin Charles was born at 4:38am on Saturday, October 6th. He was 19.5 inches long and weighed only 5lbs 5oz (which was less than his older brother or sister weighed- and they were both born earlier than Gavin was!). He was born after only 4 hours of labor, all naturally with no complications. It was just perfect....he is perfect...and I am SO HAPPY!!!

Everyone agrees he looks just like Andre! We are all pretty much over the moon in love with him...he is so tiny and squishy and cute!!! :)