Our Story

Maxen Ryan Walter Seward was born February 1, 2019. His name means greatest, little king, powerful warrior...a name we know he has been living up to. At a routine ultrasound at 36.5 weeks to make sure I was still on track for a VBAC, we found out that Maxen’s spleen and liver were enlarged possibly due to cytomegalovirus (CMV). Due to testing and results taking longer than what I had...

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Maxen Seward

San Antonio, TX

Transplant Type: Liver

Transplant Status: Transplanted

Goal: $30,000.00

Updates

I cried.

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I don’t think I have really cried since the moment they took Max out of my arms and back to surgery for his transplant and I made the... Continue Reading »

Cards for a Cause Fundraiser!!

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Sorry we haven't written an update lately. All I can is that Max is doing amazingly well! I'll write more about it soon. But I did want to... Continue Reading »

One month post transplant

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It was Maxen’s 1 month liverarsry on Sunday. A lot has happened in this month. Recovery has been slow and bumpy and very revealing. Revealing in it affirming... Continue Reading »

Long road of recovery

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Friday Max had his angioplasty and paracentesis. Saturday morning Jon walks in to find out that Max had pulled his tube out and needing a stat ultrasound that... Continue Reading »

Maxen has a new liver! Part 2

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We were told it would take about 2 hrs to get him transferred to the PICU (pediatric icu) so we loaded up our stuff and went to the... Continue Reading »

Maxen has a new liver! Part 1

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Thursday morning was typical morning. Jon dropped me off and Maxen and I started our routine of watching the today show. Residents did their morning examination and told... Continue Reading »

7 months!

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Saturday I had my first day of being frustrated with the drs. Max had been doing great all week and did very well on getting his continuous feed... Continue Reading »

Week 6

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Today marks the beginning of week 6. 6-8 weeks is supposedly the sweet spot so we are praying it happens soon. Monday was a bit of crazy day.... Continue Reading »

Week 5

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We are in the midst of week 5. Maxen is not taking anything by mouth. It’s weird to not have to feed your baby. He is getting all... Continue Reading »