With the cost of a transplant often exceeding $500,000, many transplant families are unable to shoulder the financial burden of such a procedure.  The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) is a national charity dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-needy patients.  In the Houston/Missouri City area, volunteers are raising funds for transplant patients like local baby, Audric Beaulieu. 

Audric is the son of Kevin and Andria Beaulieu.  Born on August 24, 2010, Audric was diagnosed with BILIARY ATRESIA,which is a rare liver disease. His common bile duct was malformed and he was not able to drain bile. He had a kasai surgery October 13, 2010 at Hermann Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas to connect his small intestines straight to the liver to help drain bile. This surgery is a bridge to transplant. The kasai can last 30 years or fail immediately. The doctors cannot predict. Most children with biliary atresia get a transplant within 5 years.  

The doctors at the Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas performed a life-saving liver transplant on October 6, 2011, after being hospitalized 8 times in his first 13 months. 

An estimated $50,000 is being raised by Audric's loving volunteers.