Salinan On List For Life-Saving Transplant
KSAL News Radio 1150, Kansas
Photo: Many Salinans know Charlie Fiorillo from performances with the Salina Symphony, at the Smoky Hill River Festival, Salina Community Theatre and with the New Dawn Singers, Band, Jazz Band and Theatre while at South High.
Family and friends are rallying around a recent Salina South High School graduate who is need of a liver transplant.
Charlie Fiorillo, a 2010 graduate of South, has been diagnosed with Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis, or Byler's Disease, a genetic liver disorder. Doctors at Children's Hospital of Chicago in Chicago have recommended a life-saving liver transplant.
The Fiorillo family is quite familiar with this disease, as two of their three sons suffer from it.
Charlie’s older brother Sam, a 2007 graduate of South High School, also has the disorder. The oldest son, Anthony (SHS 2006) does not have it.
Once doctors determined that Charlie needed a transplant, Anthony volunteered to be a live donor. After several months of testing, the family learned that Anthony was not a suitable match. So Charlie is on the national transplant waiting list.
Charlie would be a junior at Northwestern University in Chicago where he is studying saxophone performance. Many Salinans know Charlie from performances with the Salina Symphony, at the Smoky Hill River Festival, Salina Community Theatre and with the New Dawn Singers, Band, Jazz Band and Theatre while at South High. Currently, Charlie is taking leave from his studies due to his health.
Charlie Fiorillo, a 2010 graduate of South, has been diagnosed with Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis, or Byler's Disease, a genetic liver disorder. Doctors at Children's Hospital of Chicago in Chicago have recommended a life-saving liver transplant.
The Fiorillo family is quite familiar with this disease, as two of their three sons suffer from it.
Charlie’s older brother Sam, a 2007 graduate of South High School, also has the disorder. The oldest son, Anthony (SHS 2006) does not have it.
Once doctors determined that Charlie needed a transplant, Anthony volunteered to be a live donor. After several months of testing, the family learned that Anthony was not a suitable match. So Charlie is on the national transplant waiting list.
Charlie would be a junior at Northwestern University in Chicago where he is studying saxophone performance. Many Salinans know Charlie from performances with the Salina Symphony, at the Smoky Hill River Festival, Salina Community Theatre and with the New Dawn Singers, Band, Jazz Band and Theatre while at South High. Currently, Charlie is taking leave from his studies due to his health.
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