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Boy, 9, with one-in-100m genetic disorder receives FIVE organ transplants after waiting nearly entire life for a match READ MORE: Terminally ill boy's final gift to four strangers after tragic death Do you have a health story? Email us at [email protected] By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 08:48 EDT, 3 July 2024 | Updated: 09:32 EDT, 3 July 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A boy from Michigan with an extremely rare genetic disorder has received five organ transplants after waiting his whole life for a match.
Jakob Perez has microvillus inclusion disease (MVID), which stops his body from absorbing food properly. The condition - which affects fewer than 100 people worldwide - means he has to be administered crucial nutrients through an IV . Jakob was in need of a new stomach, large intestine, small intestine, liver and pancreas and his family had been waiting nine years for a donor, who had to be another little boy of about the same age and size.
Jakob Perez of Chesaning, Michigan was born with a rare condition that renders him unable to process nutrients from liquids and foods Jakob underwent surgeries to receive a transplanted stomach, large intestine, small intestine, liver and pancreas on June 26 Finally, what Ms Perez called the worst day for another family became her family’s best day. Doctors called them and said Jakob would be receiving his transplants from a deceased donor just two days later in Pittsburgh. Mickaela Perez, Jakob's .
