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Pediatric Transplant Patient Stories

We achieve some of the best outcomes in the nation by working with every medical and surgical specialty in the hospital to reimagine children’s lives.

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The emotion and information of the transplant process can be a lot for families to take in. But on the other side can be a life-changing and life-saving outcome. For more than 25 years, our pediatric transplant specialists have been providing those outcomes for more families than anyone in the region. Read some of their stories.

Meet the families we've helped

Emma: Multi-listing for Liver Transplant Pays Off for Texas Family

Emma was waiting for one year on the liver transplant waitlist Texas with no luck. After Emma’s family multi-listed her in Colorado, she got her lifesaving transplant in one month.

Emma needed a liver transplant after she was diagnosed with biliary atresia and found her perfect organ match after was multi-listed at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Willow: Finding Hope and a Perfect Heart

When other hospitals didn’t align with a family’s expectations, they found one heart transplant program that would go the extra mile, in the mile-high city.

Willow received a pediatric heart transplant at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Seth: Four Pediatric Liver Transplants, an Incredibly Complex Procedure and an Incredibly Unique Perspective

Seth’s medical journey took him through four pediatric liver transplants and gave him a whole new outlook on life.

Seth stands under a human tunnel made by providers as some hold up signs congratulating him on discharge from the hospital.

Alex: How He Got a Kidney and Liver Transplant Simultaneously

Learn more about how Alex Pidkalyuk's received two transplant surgeries in one day and what a difference this made on his life.

Alex, kidney and liver transplant patient at Children's Hospital Colorado.