Wednesday, 8 July 2015

See How This Little Girl Of Three Years, Saves The Lives Of Two Children

The little girl Olivia Swedberg was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer on May 7, This three year old girl is from North Platte, Nebraska, had a tumor known as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), which has a 0 percent survival rate and only affects children.

Her parents decided they needed to do whatever they could to ensure Olivia could make the most of what time she had left, and so they set off on a trip to Walt Disney World.
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While in Orlando, Olivia's mom, Lauressa Swedberg, received a message on Facebook from a woman in Pittsburgh, who explained that she had heard about Olivia's condition and that her own son only had just a few weeks to live.

The little boy, Lucas Goeller, desperately needed a liver in order to live.
He developed a sever liver disease illness called biliary atresia shortly after birth.
The disease inhibits bile ducts in the liver.

'(Lucas' mother) told me she had been following our story and felt compelled by God to contact us to let us know that he needed a liver, she was very sorry for us, but also knew there was a bigger picture in place,' Lauressa Swedberg told Fox Carolina.

That's when Mrs Swedberg and her husband made a decision.
Olivia's tumor was so remote it did not affect any other part of her body, but her condition was deteriorating.
Her parents realized they had the chance to save another life, even they could not help their own daughter.

Surgeons worked all day Monday and Tuesday to stabilize Olivia's body for organ recovery.
Olivia ended up dying on Tuesday.
'Olivia will be making her journey to organ donation,' the family wrote on Olivia's GoFundMe page last week.

'It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do walking away from one of the loves of my life.'
On Thursday, the organ donation surgery took place.
But it wasn't just for Lucas.

During a simultaneous surgery, Angelo Giorno, four, of Derry Township received Olivia's small intestine to combat a digestive disorder known as short bowel syndrome
Lucas' mother, Jessica Goeller, also said it's as if you can see Olivia coming through her son.
'You look at those pictures and you look into her eyes and it's like her soul is coming,' Mrs Goeller told Fox Carolina.
'It takes a very strong person to step out of that and show love for someone like our donor family did.'

Although they are in mourning, the Swedberg family say a happiness has come from their loss.
'She is an amazing little girl and we will miss her so terrible, but I know that - I have renewed faith - I have seen God's hands work in this and how could I not move forward knowing what a miracle she was to these praying families,' Mrs Swedberg said.



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