Mother Donates Part Of Her Liver To Save Dying Son.

A young mother risked her own life to save the life of her son — with lots of help from a team of talented physicians, gave him a chance for a normal childhood. Rabia Anjum, donated part of her liver to her 8-month-old son, Jahanzaib after his own organ was failing from a rare congenital disease.

“I didn’t have a choice,” Rabia was quoted. “I had to be brave for my son.” Jahanzaib’s was discovered to have Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestatis - a hereditary disease that causes rapid liver failure. It affects only one in 100,000 children.

Specialists including Dr. Debora Kogan-Liberman, a pediatric liver specialist, and transplant surgeons Sarah Bellemare, Dominique Jan and Milan Kinkhabwala, operated on mother and baby. “All of the elements had to move perfectly, like a symphony,” Kinkhabwala said. “Especially in parent-to-child, it’s very complicated way to transplant a liver.”

Both mother and son are said to be doing well.