HELLO MY NAME IS MASON DAVID-LEE MORGAN. I WAS BORN ON JULY 17 2002 IN PORTSMOUTH VA. WHEN MY MOMMY WAS 16 WEEKS PREGNANT WITH ME HER DOCTORS TOLD HER THAT I HAD GASTROSCHSIS.THAT MENT THAT MY INSIDES WERE GOING TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE.  BUT THEY TOLD HER NOT TO WORRY THE PEDIACTRIC SURGEON COULD FIX ME. WELL WHEN I WAS BORN MY INSIDES WEREN'T ON THE OUTSIDE. THE NEXT DAY DR.FRANZ DID AN EXPLOROTORY SURGERY TO FIND OUT WHERE MY INSIDES WERE. COME TO FIND OUT 90% OF MY SMALL INTESTINE HAD DISSOLVED IN THE AMNIONIC FLUID WHILE MY MOM WAS STILL PREGNANT WITH ME. DR. FRANZ TOLD MY FAMILY THAT I WOULD NEED TO BE PUT ON A LOT OF MEDICATIONS SO THAT I COULD GET ALL THE NUTRITION THAT I NEEDED. SADLY THOSE SAME MEDICATIONS GAVE ME LIVER FAILURE ONLY 2 MONTHS LATER. AFTER 4 MONTHS IN THE NICU I WENT TO CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH TO BE LISTED FOR A LIVER AND  SMALL BOWEL TRANSPLANT.  THE DOCTORS THERE TOLD MY MOMMY THAT A TRANSPLANT WAS MY ONLY CHANCE AT LIFE. AFTER WE LEFT CHOPS WE WENT BACK TO VA WHERE I SPENT ANOTHER MONTH THERE IN THE HOSPITAL.

WHEN I WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL MY MOMMY MOVED TO SAVANNAH GA. I WAS IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL EVERY SINGLE MONTH NEEDING BLOOD BECAUSE OF MY MY LIVER FALIURE OR  ANTIBIOTICS FOR A LINE INFECTION. IN JUNE OF 2003 DR. FOWLER AT MEMORIAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY PERFORMED THE FIRST BOWEL LENGTHING EVER DONE AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. BUT EVEN WITH TWICE THE BOWEL LENGTH THAT I HAD BERFORE IT STILL WASN'T ENOUGH. AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OF CONSTANT ADMISSIONS MY FAMILY WAS TOLD THAT IF I DIDN'T GET MY TRANSPLANT VERY SOON THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG I COULD MAKE IT. SO WE WENT TO MIAMI UNIVERSITY TO BE LISTED THERE ALSO. MIAMI UNIVERSITY LISTED ME FOR A MULTI;VISCERAL TRANSPLANT. THAT MENT I NEEDED A LIVER, SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL, SPLEAN, PANCREAS ,AND STOMACH. AFTER BEING LISTED 4 HOURS AND 30 MINS. MY FAMILY GOT THE CALL THAT THEY HAD A DONOR.