My name is Logan, I was born with gastroschisis.  I was born at 36 weeks,  after 6 days of labor for my mommy.  When I was born with purple intestines on the outside of my belly.  They took me straight to surgery right after my wonderful arrival.  2 hours later my doctor came into the surgery waiting room to tell my parents, and grandparents that she put all of my intestines back in to my belly in hopes that they would soften up and start working.  But 7 weeks later I went back into surgery for have the bad intestines cut away and the good intestines sewed back together. This left me with 64 cm. of small intestines.  I lived on TPN for 10 months before I was put on a liver transplant list.  I've been in the hospital more than I've been home. So on July 31,2002 I was flown to Delaware were I received my new liver.  While I was in for the transplant, the doctors tool that he using to cut my old liver out with, burnt holes in my intestines where there was a line of staples from the other surgery that I had.  So this left me with a 8" across, 3" deep open abdomen for 6 weeks until they could go back in and reconnect.  I couldn't handle another surgery until that 6 weeks were up or I wouldn't have made it.   So after 3 months in the huge state of Delaware Me and my Mom were able to return home to Indiana.  I stayed in the hospital there for a few days before finally I got to go home to my 2 brother, 1 sissy, my daddy and lots of other people who loved and missed me.  I have been back and forth from the hospital about 20 times since October.  I have a central line and a tube in my nose (NG tube)  to feed me because I am 2 years old and have never caught on to the eating thing. I have Speech therapy, Occupational & Physical Therapy to help me catch on to things.  I am doing great but every time they try to get me off of the TPN I lose a lot of weight and get dehydrated.  I am still struggling  but I know God has a reason for me being here and I intend to find out what it is.  I am friends with Stormy who is also a part of this web site, We go to the same hospital together and usually at the same time.  I am a really strong little boy and if you would like to check my pictures out or to read a day to day story of what I've been through you can log on to my web page at  www.caringbridge.org/in/loganwineland I would love for you to visit it and leave me a message.