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Show Brayden continues to improve ? ' ' 7 ' p J? ' ' , '' ' ", ' f ' , ' I By GARY R. BLODGETT PHOENIX Little Brayden Seymour was released from Phoenix Children's Hospital here last Thursday and is reported "doing very well and eating like a horse." A spokesperson for the Seymour family, of Kaysville, said Brayden was released from the hospital and is living in an apartment near the medical center with his parents, Ed and Shannon Seymour. "He's doing just great," said the spokesperson. "He ate a large bowl of mashed potatoes Sunday and wanted more. He's smiling and giggling constantly and appears to be very happy." Brayden received a rare liver transplant during an eight-hour operation in the early morning of Jan. 3 1 just hours after arriving in Phoenix from a hospital in Salt Lake City. He was only lO'i months old at the time. "His days were numbered. He was very ill and fading fast when the call came that a suitable liver transplant was available in Phoenix," said the spokesperson, who is close to the Seymour family. Now, all indications are that Brayden is improving rapidly. His medical condition is stable and the transplant appears to have been successful. The Seymours will remain in Phoenix for another two or three weeks while Brayden is carefully observed. If there's no change for the worse, Brayden and his parents will return home to Kaysville later this month. But it will still be an uphill battle for the entire Seymour family. Brayden will be on lifetime medication and the medical costs will continue to soar. Thus far, all of the $ 1 50,000 which has been donated has been used, the spokesperson noted. A home under construction in Kaysville will be sold and the proceeds from the sale estimated at between $30,000 and $50,000 will go directly to the care of little Brayden. Donations are still needed. Contributions may be made to the BRAYDEN SEYMOUR American Liver Transplant Fund For Brayden Seymour, Post Office Box 434, Kaysville, Utah 84037. |