Our Story
Stephen was born on October 7, 2021. During the first few days of his life the doctors knew something was wrong due to his high bilirubin levels. This led to a month of doctors visits, blood draws, ultrasounds, X-rays and a HIDA scan. On November 12th, at just over a month old, Stephen was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia and had his first life-saving surgery called the Kasai Procedure. He spent the...
Continue Reading »Stephen Squillante
Weymouth, MA
Transplant Type: Liver
Transplant Status: Transplanted
Goal: $75,000.00
Raised: $75,571 of $75,000 goal
Raised by 303 contributors
Updates
Little Steve Receives Liver Transplant From Mom!!
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We have a wonderful update! On August 2nd Little Steve underwent a successful liver transplant!! His Mom, Shannon, was his living donor. We cannot thank everyone enough for... Continue Reading »
Mom is a match!
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Exciting news to share!!! Shannon underwent transplant evaluations a few weeks ago and is a match for Little Steve! They will take a piece of her liver and... Continue Reading »
Living Donor Evaluation – Update
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A lot of people have been asking how the living donor transplant evaluations went. We really appreciate everyone reaching out so we figured this would be the easiest way... Continue Reading »
Goal Amendment
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The fundraising goal has recently been updated per a conversation between Stephen’s family and Rick Lofgren, COTA President & CEO. This letter below from Rick explains the recent... Continue Reading »
Steve Smiling!
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Update – Still Stable at Home!
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Instagram Video of Little Steve We are so thankful Steve has gone just over a month without being admitted to the hospital. For the past few months since... Continue Reading »
Little Steve Home Again!
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“Buzz” I mean Steve is blasting out of BCH! Steve was admitted Friday morning due to having a fever. When a child with BA spikes a fever it... Continue Reading »
Back Home after 5 day stay at Children’s!
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Great news! Steve is home after a 5 day stay at Boston Children's hospital. Doctors were concerned Steve might be having an episode of Cholangitis, which they deemed was... Continue Reading »
Back in the Hospital
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Quick update on Little Steve. On Friday he was admitted to Boston Children’s Hospital to make sure he was not having an episode of Cholangitis. He is still... Continue Reading »