Dealing With Her Disease

Brooklyn’s disease was better known as Alagille Syndrome. It was a rare genetic disease that made it practically impossible for her to properly cleanse her blood, and so it caused major liver damage. The family of 4 had to bring Brooklyn to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago every 3 months to get checked.

Being Put On A Liver Transplant List

Because of the delicacy of her of disease, Brooklyn was quickly put on the liver transplant list, along with so many other people requiring new livers. The difficult part of the whole ordeal was that she had to wait until she could get the perfect match. It could take months if lucky, or years.